Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus inamoenus Schischk. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 6: 897 (1936) |
Native Range | Caucasus to nw. Iran and e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves linear, 3-7cm, acute, 5-7-veined, margins scabrous, at base vaginate-connate, flowers solitary, terminal, calyx cylindrical, petals oblong, 5-10mm, irregularly tridentate |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | yellowish green |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dianthus lenkoranicus Kharadze Dianthus pallens ssp. inamoenus (Schischk.) Šanda |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |