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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesSaponaria griffithiana Boiss. 
BibliographyDiagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 70 (1854)
Native RangeAfghanistan to Central Asia and n. Pakistan
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionglabrous, glaucous, stems ramose, leaves thick, oblong, attenuate to petiole, on margins scabrous, upper leaves sessile, linear, acute, flowers few in lax cyme
Size20-30cm
Colorwhitish
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsPleioneura griffithiana (Boiss.) Rech.f.
Pleioneura silenoides (H.J.P.Winkl.) Rech.f.
Saponaria corrugata Franch.
Saponaria silenoides H.J.P.Winkl.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan)
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