Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene olympica Boiss. |
Synonyms | Silene bracteata Boiss. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-2200m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves oblanceolate to linear, adaxially viscid, to 5cm, stem leaves small, linear, flowers in narrow raceme, calyx 5-9mm long, glabrous, petals emarginate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, 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 early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
olympica erciyesdaghensis (Aksoy & Hamzaoglu) K.Yildiz & Cirpici, Türk. Bitikileri List. [A.Güner & al., eds.] 362 (2012)
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