Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene stentoria Fenzl |
Bibliography | Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr.: 9 (1842) |
Native Range | n. Iraq to c. Lebanon and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | caespitose, thinly pubescent, eglandular, leaves rigid, linear-subulate, subfalcate, stems 1-flowered, calyx reticulate, cylindrical, subventricose, petals bifid |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene caryophylloides var. nardifolia Boiss. ex Rohrb. Silene caryophylloides ssp. stentoria (Fenzl) Coode & Cullen Silene caryophylloides ssp. subulata (Boiss.) Coode & Cullen Silene subulata Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |