Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene filipetala Litard. & Maire |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-2200m |
Description | green, pubescent, leaves opposite, vaginate-connate, narrowly linear, to 25mm, sessile, obtuse, at margins papillose-scabrous, flowers 1-4 in cyme, petals incised |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 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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