Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Arthrophytum lehmannianum Bunge |
Bibliography | Revis. Anab.: 46 (1862) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | leaves cylindrical, 4-7mm, curvate, the lower acute, the upper obtuse, horizontally patent, flowers solitary, axillary, bracts broadly ovate, apiculate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anabasis affinis Bunge Arthrophytum litvinovii Korovin |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |