| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene guntensis (B.Fedtsch.) Melzh. |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 6: 672 (1936) |
| Native Range | Iran to Central Asia and n. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 900-3000m |
| Description | taproot, stems numerous, thin, leaves linear, acute, 2-6cm, grey puberulent, flowers solitary, bracts herbaceous, long acuminate, calyx cylindrical-clavate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Silene apiculata Ovcz. Silene depressa var. guntensis B.Fedtsch. Silene incanescens Ovcz. Silene kuschakewiczii var. apiculata (Ovcz.) Lazkov Silene kuschakewiczii var. guntensis (B.Fedtsch.) Lazkov |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |