Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus stenocephalus Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 19 (1843) |
Native Range | w. & sw. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | stems simple, pruinose, leaves long, narrowly linear, acute, 3-nerved, scabrous, vaginate, calyx straw yellow, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, corolla lobes dentate |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dianthus macrolepis Fenzl ex Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |