| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Heterochroa petraea Bunge |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 2: 131 (1831) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 1600-2400m |
| Description | rooting, leaves sessile, lanceolate, 15mm, flowers solitary, terminal and axillary, calyx broadly campanulate, petals abaxially lilac, oblanceolate, 10-15mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arenaria sericea Ser. Gypsophila bungeana D.Dietr. Gypsophila petraea (Bunge) Fenzl Gypsophila sericea (Ser.) Krylov |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |
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