Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene elisabethae Jan |
Bibliography | Flora 15: 177 (1832) |
Native Range | s. Alps |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves lanceolate, bright green, ciliate, flowers solitary, calyx tubular, reddish, petals deeply incised |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | Melandrium elisabethae (Jan) Rohrb. Saponaria elisabethae Fenzl ex Nyman Silenanthe elisabethae (Jan) Tzvelev |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |
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