Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Gypsophila tenuifolia M.Bieb. |
Bibliography | Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 319 (1808) |
Native Range | Caucasus to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2700m |
Description | green, glabrous, leaves in rosette, narrowly linear, acute, stem leaves short, flowers in short corymbose panicle, calyx campanulate, lobes ovate, acuminate, petals truncate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | 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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gypsophila gracilescens Schischk. Gypsophila subcapitata Rupr. Gypsophila tenuifolia var. subcapitata Rupr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |