Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus pendulus Boiss. & C.I.Blanche |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 6: 28 (1859) |
Native Range | Lebanon to n. Israel and n. Iran |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | stems numerous, leafy, leaves to 7cm, connate, shortly vaginate, white ciliate, linear, patent, inflorescence ramose, flowers of 1-3, petals incised-dentate |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |