Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus judaicus Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 66 (1849) |
Native Range | e. Medit. to sw. Iraq and Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 3-6cm, linear, acute, canaliculate, with narrow white margins, the basal crowded, glabrous, flowers axillary or terminal, solitary, long pedicellate, petals obovate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Synonyms | Dianthus auraniticus Post Dianthus monadelphus ssp. judaicus (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |