Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Bolanthus ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Madhani & Rabeler |
Synonyms | Tunica ortegioides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
Gypsophila ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss. | |
Tunica xylorrhiza Boiss. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2100m |
Description | minutely pruinose-strigose, leaves narrowly linear, acute, uninerved, flowers sessile, solitary, producing short, lax raceme, calyx lobes lanceolate, petals linear, obtuse |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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