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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesSilene grisea Boiss. 
Habitatrocks
Descriptiondensely grey sericeous, woody-based, lower leaves crowded, oblong-spathulate, upper leaves linear, short, flowers in raceme, calyx glandular, petals bipartite
Size20-25cm
Coloryellowish green
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria , Palestine)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Silene grisea Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1. 8: 88 (1849)

Syria, Israel
34 LBS PAL

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