Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus fruticosus L. |
Synonyms | Dianthus frutescens Houtt. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | glabrous, leaves short, glaucous, oblong-linear, obtuse, flowers sessile, crowded in corymb, calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, corolla lobes orbiculate, dentate |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
fruticosus amorginus Runemark, Bot. Not. 133(4): 485 (1980)
fruticosus carpathos Runemark, ibid.
fruticosus creticus (Tausch) Runemark, ibid.
fruticosus karavius Runemark, ibid.
fruticosus occidentalis Runemark, ibid.
fruticosus rhodius (Rech.f.) Runemark, ibid
fruticosus sitiacus Runemark, ibid.
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