Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene tunicoides Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 34 (1843) |
Native Range | East Aegean Islands to sw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | pubescent, stems thin, densely leafy, apically leafless, leaves erect, minutely serrate, ciliate, subulate, flowers solitary, long pedicellate, calyx glabrous, coriaceous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |