Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Gypsophila lepidioides Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 14 (1843) |
Native Range | e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glaucous, shortly sericeous, leaves carnose, oblong-lanceolate, acute, flowers in spherical cymes forming panicle, calyx campanulate, petals spathulate, retuse |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |