Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene azirensis Coode & Cullen |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2700-2900m |
Description | stems pilose, leaves all similar, elliptic, lower leaves 10-15mm, strigose, flowers 3-5 in dichasium, calyx viscid, densely glandular, petals emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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
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