| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene oreophila Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 617 (1867) |
| Native Range | ne. Iraq to Syria and c. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | stems thin, crisped hirsute, leaves narrowly lanceolate, uninerved, acute, flowers in cyme, shortly pedicellate, calyx pale, cylindrical, viscid, petals bipartite |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 | Silene oreophila var. latifolia Chowdhuri |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |