Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene armena Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 29 (1843) |
Native Range | Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems glabrous, viscid, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, attenuate to long, ciliate petiole, bracts linear, calyx clavate-cylindrical, petals bipartite, segments linear |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene amassiensis Freyn Silene dianthifolia J.Gay Silene dschabanica K.Koch ex Rohrb. Silene filipes Freyn & Sint. Silene filipes ssp. amassiensis Freyn Silene fruticulosa Fenzl ex Rohrb. Silene lycica Chowdhuri Silene scabridula Boiss. Silene staticefolia Fenzl ex Rohrb. Silene tenuicaulis Freyn |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |