Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene uniflora Roth |
Synonyms | Silene maritima With. |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves carnose, lanceolate to spathulate, glabrous, margins scabrous, flowers 1-3 in cyme, pedicellate, calyx ovoid, ventricose, reticulate, corolla lobes 4-9mm long, bipartite |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Germany , Poland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Portugal , Spain ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Africa Macaronesia (Azores , Canary Is. , Madeira , Selvagens) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
uniflora petraea (C.Hartm.) Jonsell & H.C.Prent., Nordic J. Bot. 16(1): 6 (1996)
uniflora thorei (Dufour) Jalas, Willdenowia 14(1): 48 (1984)
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