Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene raddeana Trautv. |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 472 (1873) |
Native Range | s. Transcaucasus to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely pulvinate, basal leaves in rosette, linear, acuminate, uninerved, glandular-pilose, stem leaves few, short, flowers solitary, pendent, calyx 1cm, petals bilobate |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white-purple |
Bloom | late spring, 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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene araxina Trautv. Silene artwinensis Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |