Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene schlumbergeri Boiss. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine |
Description | glabrous, stems thin, rigid, leaves linear-aristate, acute, bracts lanceolate, minute, flowers solitary, calyx obconical, purple veined, corolla lobes bilobate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 (Lebanon-Syria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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