| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene ayachica Humbert |
| Habitat | screes |
| Altitude | 1800-3800m |
| Description | glandular-hirsute, leaves few, crowded at base, broadly ovate, to 5cm, rounded, abruptly tapered to petiole, flowers in terminal cyme, calyx 2cm, corolla 2cm across |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | rose, pale rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Africa
Northern Africa (Morocco) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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