Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Gypsophila aretioides Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 9 (1843) |
Native Range | Turkmenistan to Transcaucasus and Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2000m |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, minute, thick, oblong-triangular, obtuse, flowers solitary, subsessile, calyx obconical, lobes obtuse with white margins, petals oblong, entire |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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 | Gypsophila raddeana Regel |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |