Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Petrorhagia ochroleuca (Sm.) P.W.Ball & Heywood |
Synonyms | Gypsophila ochroleuca Sm. |
Tunica ochroleuca (Sm.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | |
Tunica rhodopea Velen. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glaucous, stems ramose, leaves linear, rigid, 3-nerved, on margins scabrous, flowers in panicle, calyx glabrous, lobes triangular-acuminate, petals entire, oblong-linear |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale ochre |
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 early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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