Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
Genus species | Convolvulus tragacanthoides Turcz. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 201 (1832) |
Native Range | Central Asia to c. & n. China and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | silvery, spinose, leaves linear, 5-20mm long, flowers 2-6, terminal, corolla infundibuliform, 15-25mm, sepals 5-7mm long, elliptic or oblong, shortly acuminate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after soaking in water cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Convolvulus fruticosus f. tianschanica Pallib. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |