Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus biflorus Sm. |
Bibliography | Fl. Graec. Prodr. [J.Sibthorp & J.A.Smith] 1: 285 (1809) |
Native Range | c. & s. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-2100m |
Description | glabrous, green, leaves narrowly linear, rigid, 5-veined, vaginate, flowers 1-4, sessile, crowded, bracts red, calyx lobes lanceolate, petals abaxially yellow, sharply dentate |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | crimson |
Bloom | summer |
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 binatus Bartl. ex Rchb. Dianthus cinnabarinus Spruner ex Boiss. Dianthus samaritanii Heldr. ex Halácsy |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |