Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene sinaica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 25 (1843) |
Native Range | Sinai |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | densely pubescent, stems apically glandular-lanate, leaves lanceolate, uninerved, acute, flowers subsessile in capitate inflorescence, calyx campanulate, petals ovate, obtuse |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene odontopetala var. congesta Boiss. Silene odontopetala ssp. congesta (Boiss.) Melzh. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (SIN Sinai) |