Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus callizonus Schott & Kotschy |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves bluish, linear and acute, flowers solitary, floral stem leafy, petals crenate, white central zone of corolla vermilion variegate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Romania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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