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Plocama aucheri (Guill.) M.Backlund & Thulin  
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FamilyRUBIACEAE
Genus speciesPlocama aucheri (Guill.) M.Backlund & Thulin 
BibliographyTaxon 56: 323 (2007)
Native RangeSinai, Arabian Peninsula, s. Iran to s. Pakistan
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionramose, branchlets white, rigid, leaves minute, opposite, spathulate-linear, carnose, subterete, flowers 3-7, crowded in cyme, calyx plumose
Size15-35cm
Colorpale rose
Bloomearly summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
basal cuttings in late summer
SynonymsGaillonia aucheri (Guill.) Jaub. & Spach
Jaubertia aucheri Guill.
Neogaillonia aucheri (Guill.) Puff
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, SIN Sinai)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan)
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