Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene graminea Vis. ex Rchb. |
Bibliography | Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 6: 52 (1844) |
Native Range | sw. & s. Alps, Apennines, nw. Balkan Peninsula to Albania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stems ascendent, apically viscid, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, flowers solitary, pedicellate, calyx cylindrical, lobes of corolla linear-cuneate, bifid |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Silene clavata Moench Silene multicaulis Boiss. Silene vallesia ssp. graminea (Vis. ex Rchb.) Nyman Silene vallesia var. graminea (Vis. ex Rchb.) Gren. & Godr. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |