Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus ramosissimus Pall ex Poir. |
Bibliography | Encycl. [J.B.A.M.de Lamarck] Suppl. 4: 130 (1816) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 500-2000m |
Description | leaves linear, 1-4cm, vaginate, margins slightly revolute, acute, flowers solitary, terminal, calyx cylindrical, petals obovate, 15-20mm long, irregularly obtusely dentate |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |