Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene dirphya Greuter & Burdet |
Bibliography | Willdenowia 13: 281 (1984) |
Native Range | Greece (n. Euboea) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1600-1650m |
Description | pruinose, stems thin, fragile, leaves green, rigid, oblong-spathulate, obtuse, the upper shorter, flowers 1-2, long pedicellate, calyx clavate, lobes obtuse, petals bifid |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 | Saponaria caespitosa Sm. Saponaria smithii Ser. Silene saxifraga ssp. smithii (Ser.) Nyman Silene smithii (Ser.) Boiss. & Heldr. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |