Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus raddeanus Vierh. |
Bibliography | Sitzungber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt. 1. 107: 1145 (1898) |
Native Range | Caucasus to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-3200m |
Description | leaves 4-5cm, linear-lanceolate, in upper half widest, green, flat, acute, flowers solitary, calyx purple, glabrous, corolla 2cm across, petals barbate, dentate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dianthus alpinus var. glacialis Trautv. Dianthus trautvetteri Woronow |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |