Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Petrorhagia gasparrinii (Guss.) Holub |
Bibliography | Preslia 58: 302 (1986) |
Native Range | Sicilia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, caespitose, leaves thick, narrowly linear-lanceolate, at base scabrously ciliate, crowded, uninerved, solitary in broaf inflorescence, petals emarginate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gypsophila gasparrinii Guss. Petrorhagia saxifraga f. bicolor (Jord. & Fourr.) Gamisans Petrorhagia saxifraga ssp. gasparrinii (Guss.) Pignatti ex Greuter & Burdet Tunica bicolor Jord. & Fourr. Tunica gasparrinii Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (SIC Sicilia) |