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Silene brevicaulis Boiss.  
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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesSilene brevicaulis Boiss. 
BibliographyDiagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 34 (1843)
Native Rangene. Iraq to se. Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Altitude1000-2000m
Descriptionleaves all similar, narrowly obovate, acute, to 35mm long, strigose, flowers usually solitary, calyx subventricose, reticulate, strigose, petals emarginate
Size5-15cm
Colorpink
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsSilene antitaurica Cowdhury
Silene brevicaulis var. latifolia Boiss.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
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