Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene nurensis Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] Suppl.: 99 (1888) |
Native Range | Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3400-4500m |
Description | shortly glandular pubescent, leaves minute, sessile, linear-spathulate, obtuse, bracts ovate, acute, flowers 3-7 in cyme, calyx narrowly cylindrical, petals bifid |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | spring |
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 | Silene minutifolia Chowdhuri Silene nurensis var. haesarensis Bornm. Silene nurensis var. lalesarensis Bornm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |