Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Gypsophila capituliflora Rupr. |
Bibliography | Sert. Tiansch. [F.von der Osten-Saken]: 40 (1869) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-2600m |
Description | leaves linear, 1-3cm, glabrous, acute, cymes terminal in capitate cluster, calyx purple, campanulate, petals narrowly obovate, 6-7mm long, emarginate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | reddish purple, 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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gypsophila dshungarica Czerniak. Gypsophila pamirica Preobr. Gypsophila semiglobosa Czerniak. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |