| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link |
| Bibliography | Handbuch 2: 235 (1831) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Europe to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glabrous, leaves linear, acute, erect, flowers 5-8mm across, solitary or in loosely branched inflorescence, calyx crateriform, glabrous, petals emarginate |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Dianthus filiformis Lam. Dianthus saxifragus L. Gypsophila arenicola Dufour Gypsophila asperula Dufour ex Nyman Gypsophila eubonensis Sibth. & Boiss. Gypsophila multicaulis Poir. Gypsophila permixta Guss. Gypsophila rigida L. Gypsophila saxifraga (L.) L. Gypsophila saxifraga var. rigida (L.) DC. Gypsophila scabra Schult. ex Steud. Imperatia filiformis Moench Kohlrauschia saxifraga (L.) Dandy Petrorhagia multicaulis Link Petrorhagia rigida Link Petrorhagia saxifraga var. juncea A.P.Khokhr. Silene tunica E.H.L.Krause Tunica arenicola Nyman Tunica ciliata Dulac Tunica erecta (L.) Rchb. Tunica rigida Rchb. Tunica saxifraga (L.) Scop. Tunica saxifraga ssp. arenicola (Dufour) Nyman Tunica saxifraga f. rigida Bolzon Tunica xerophila Jord. & Fourr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |