| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia kapela (Hacq.) A.Kern. |
| Synonyms | Illecebrum kapela Hacq. |
| Paronychia boissieri Chaudhri | |
| Paronychia lugdunensis (Vill.) Graebn. | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2600m |
| Description | leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, 4mm long, blue-green, obtuse, ciliate, glabrous, stipules large, whitish, floral clusters terminal, 1-2cm wide, bracts large, silvery |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | carpet |
| 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 |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Kriti , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia ) 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
apela baetica P.Küpfer, Boissiera 23: 150 (1974)
kapela galloprovincialis P.Küpfer, ibid.
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