Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene aristidis Pomel |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | green, glabrous, leaves in lax rosettes, obovate-oblong, or lanceolate, long attenuate to petiole, acute, 3-nerved, flowers in cyme of 3, calyx 2cm, cylindrical, corolla 2cm |
Size | 20-30cm |
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 (Algeria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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