Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Petrorhagia syriaca (Boiss.) Mouterde & Greuter |
Bibliography | Candollea 25: 226 (1970) |
Native Range | Syria to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glabrous, stems filiform, leaves minute, narrowly linear-triquetrous, obtuse, adaxially sulcate, bracts 8-10, white membranous, petals narrowly linear, obtuse |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Tunica syriaca Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |