Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene procumbens Murray |
Bibliography | Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 1784-1785: 83 (1786) |
Native Range | e. Europe to w. Siberia and Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | stems ramose, densely foliate, leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, shallowly dentate, 2-6cm, sparsely hirsute, flowers 1-3, terminal, calyx oblong, ventricose, shortly hirsute |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 | Behenantha procumbens (Murray) Ikonn. Oberna procumbens (Murray) Ikonn. Silene decumbens Schreb. ex Otth |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) |