Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene lacera (Steven) Sims |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 48: t. 2255 (1821) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | stems ramose, sparsely hirsute, procumbent, leaves ovate, long petiolate, flowers solitary, calyx broadly campanulate, ventricose, reticulate, hirsute, petals finely lacerate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Behenantha lacera (Steven) Ikonn. Cucubalus lacerus Steven Melandrium lacerum (Steven) F.N.Williams Oberna lacera (Steven) Ikonn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |