Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene chilensis (Naudin) Bocquet |
Synonyms | Lychnis chilensis Naudin |
Silene nubigena Phil. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-3000m |
Description | shortly hirsute, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, elongate to petiole, flowers solitary, calyx subventricose, 15mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | reddish violet, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia ) Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile Central , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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