Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene stewartiana Diels |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 180 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-3900m |
Description | basal leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 7-12cm, glabrous, acute, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers 2-5, pendent, pedicellate, calyx campanulate, petals 20-25mm, 4-lobate |
Size | 25-35cm |
Color | lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
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 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |