Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene aristidis Pomel |
Bibliography | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 330 (1875) |
Native Range | n. Algeria |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | green, glabrous, leaves in lax rosettes, obovate-oblong, or lanceolate, long attenuate to petiole, acute, 3-nerved, flowers in cyme of 3, calyx 2cm, cylindrical, corolla 2cm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) |