Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene libanotica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 89 (1849) |
Native Range | Lebanon to Israel |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glaucous, apically viscid, lower leaves oblong-spathulate, obtuse, the other lanceolate, acute, flowers solitary, calyx cylindrical, lobes acute, petals bifid |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |