| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene oreophila Boiss. |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | stems thin, crisped hirsute, leaves narrowly lanceolate, uninerved, acute, flowers in cyme, shortly pedicellate, calyx pale, cylindrical, viscid, petals bipartite |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late 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 (Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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