Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene heterodonta F.N.Williams |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 89 (1896) |
Native Range | Morocco |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-3500m |
Description | minutely pubescent, leaves in rosette, minute, oblong or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, long petiolate, stem leaves oblong, flowers solitary, terminal, petals bifid |
Size | 3-18cm |
Color | white, brownish |
Bloom | summer |
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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 | Silene cossoniana Maire Silene heterodonta var. cossoniana (Maire) Maire Silene heterodonta ssp. parvula Maire & Weiller Silene heterodonta var. thomsonii Maire Silene parvula Coss. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |