Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene tragacantha Fenzl ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 621 (1867) |
Native Range | s. & w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves subulate-aristate, adaxially flat, sparsely pubescent, flowers solitary, calyx glandular pubescent, clavate, red striped |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |