Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene filipetala Litard. & Maire |
Bibliography | Contrib. Etude Fl. Grand Atlas 2: 2 (1930) |
Native Range | Morocco |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-2200m |
Description | green, pubescent, leaves opposite, vaginate-connate, narrowly linear, to 25mm, sessile, obtuse, at margins papillose-scabrous, flowers 1-4 in cyme, petals incised |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |