Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Heliosperma albanicum K.Malý |
Bibliography | Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien & Herzegovina 10: 634 (1907) |
Native Range | Albania to Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | stems ramose, leaves linear, minute, at base ciliate, otherwise glabrous, obtuse, flowers in lax cyme, pedicellate infundibuliform, lobes obtuse, petals 8-9mm, entire |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Heliosperma pusillum ssp. albanicum (K.Malý) Niketić & Stevan. Ixoca albanica (K.Malý) Ikonn. Ixoca pusilla ssp. albanica (K.Malý) Holub Silene pusilla ssp. albanica (K.Malý) Greuter & Burdet |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece) |