Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Petrorhagia rhiphaea (Pau & Font Quer) P.W.Ball & Heywood |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 3: 156 (1964) |
Native Range | Morocco |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-1400m |
Description | stems basally glabrous, apically glandular-pubescent, basal leaves 4-8mm, linear, obtuse, inflorescence lax, calyx pubescent, lobes ovate, obtuse, petals purple-striate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
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 early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Tunica rhiphaea Pau & Font Quer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |