Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene orphanidis Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 651 (1867) |
Native Range | n. Greece (Athos) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1800-2000m |
Description | stems fragile, strigose, apically viscid, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, remotely serrate, glabrous, calyx cylindrical, lobes oblong with white margin, petals bilobate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | 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 | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |