| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene goniocaula Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 31 (1843) |
| Native Range | c. Afghanistan to w. Iran and e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets erect, simple, leaves rigid, narrowly linear, pungent, canaliculate, remotely ciliate, flowers 1-2, terminal, calyx glandular, petals bipartite |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| 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 | Silene commelinifolia var. eremicana (Stapf) Blakelock Silene eremicana Stapf |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |