Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene brevistaminea Gilli |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 59: 175 (1956) |
Native Range | c. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | leaves 2-4cm, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuate to long petiole, flowers 3-5 in cyme, calyx cylindric-clavate, long hirsute, corolla lobes 8-13mm |
Size | 12-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |