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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesDianthus judaicus Boiss. 
BibliographyDiagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 66 (1849)
Native Rangee. Medit. to sw. Iraq and Arabian Peninsula
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocks
Descriptionleaves 3-6cm, linear, acute, canaliculate, with narrow white margins, the basal crowded, glabrous, flowers axillary or terminal, solitary, long pedicellate, petals obovate
Size10-25cm
Colorwhite, rose
Bloomspring, early summer
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Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsDianthus auraniticus Post
Dianthus monadelphus ssp. judaicus (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia)
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