| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Petrorhagia thessala (Boiss.) P.W.Ball & Heywood |
| Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 3: 156 (1964) |
| Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 100-1800m |
| Description | leaves carnose, linear, acute, minutely serrate, fasciculate, stem leaves narrower, shorter, flowers in dense head, petals linear-lanceolate |
| Size | 25-40cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gypsophila thessala (Boiss.) Nyman Tunica orfanidesiana Clem. Tunica thessala Boiss. Tunica zadukae Herzog |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |