Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene stenophylla Ledeb. |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves narrowly linear, stem leaves 2 pairs, flowers 1-3, calyx large, broadly oblong, 10-15mm long, striate, petals incised, lobes broadly oblong |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Chita , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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