Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus haematocalyx Boiss. & Heldr. |
Synonyms | Dianthus alpinus Sibth. & Sm. |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 400-2600m |
Description | leaves flat, linear, acute, rigid, on margins scabrous, shortly vaginate, flowers 3-5 in corymb, calyx red, ventricose, petals abaxially yellow, acute denticulate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | cushion |
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 after flowering |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
haematocalyx phitosianus Constantin., Phyton (Horn) 39(2): 279 (1999)
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