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Acantholimon vvedenskyi

Acantholimon vvedenskyi is a small cushion-forming subshrub from the mountains of Central Asia, related to the prickly-cushion 'sea lavender' relatives. It needs sharp drainage, full sun and cold winters, and does best in alpine-style rock gardens rather than as a houseplant.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly through the growing season and keep it dry in winter; never let the crown sit in wet soil.
Soil
Very free-draining gritty mix, such as sand, grit and some loam, or alpine scree.
Temperature
Tolerates cold winters, roughly -20 °C or lower when dry; protect from waterlogging in cold, wet weather.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Asia
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Acantholimon vvedenskyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. The native range of this species is from Central Asia (Uzbekistan). It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome and was described by Lincz.

Other Acantholimon plants

Acantholimon acanthobryum · Acantholimon acerosum · Acantholimon acmostegium · Acantholimon aegaeum · Acantholimon afanassievii · Acantholimon agropyroideum · Acantholimon ahangarense · Acantholimon akaydinii · Acantholimon alaicum · Acantholimon alatavicum · Acantholimon alavae · Acantholimon albanicum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acantholimon vvedenskyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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