Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene brevicaulis Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 34 (1843) |
Native Range | ne. Iraq to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2000m |
Description | leaves all similar, narrowly obovate, acute, to 35mm long, strigose, flowers usually solitary, calyx subventricose, reticulate, strigose, petals emarginate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Silene antitaurica Cowdhury Silene brevicaulis var. latifolia Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |