Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene karaczukuri B.Fedtsch. |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 28: 469 (1909) |
Native Range | Central Asia to sw. Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4300m |
Description | basal leaves linear, 5-20mm, glabrous, ciliate, stem leaves sessile, smaller, semiamplexicaule, flowers 1-2, pedicellate, calyx clavate, petals longer than calyx, bifid |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene caucasica var. pamirensis H.J.P.Winkl. Silene pamirensis (H.J.P.Winkl.) Preobr. ex Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |