Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Gypsophila tenuifolia M.Bieb. |
Synonyms | Gypsophila gracilescens Schischk. |
Gypsophila subcapitata Rupr. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2700m |
Description | green, glabrous, leaves in rosette, narrowly linear, acute, stem leaves short, flowers in short corymbose panicle, calyx campanulate, lobes ovate, acuminate, petals truncate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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