Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Saponaria pamphylica Boiss. & Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 74 (1849) |
Native Range | sw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | basally glabrous, apically glandular, leaves oblong-elliptic, uninerved, inflorescence few-flowered, erect, calyx narrowly cylindrical, petals cuneate, bilobate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |