Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus floribundus Boiss. |
Bibliography | Asie Min., Bot. (P.de Tchihatcheff) 1: 221 (1860) |
Native Range | w. Iran to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2400m |
Description | leaves rigid, narrowly linear, on margins scabrous, 3-5-nerved, stem leaves shorter, flowers in corymb, calyx narrowly cylindrical, lobes with white margins |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | late spring |
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 | Dianthus coloratus (Bornm.) Hand.-Mazz. Dianthus noeanus Boiss. Dianthus pachypetalus Stapf Dianthus pachypetalus var. coloratus Bornm. Dianthus schischkinii Grossh. Dianthus tabrisianus Bien. ex Boiss. Dianthus tabrisianus var. coloratus (Bornm.) Rech.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |