Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene schlumbergeri Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 106 (1888) |
Native Range | Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, stems thin, rigid, leaves linear-aristate, acute, bracts lanceolate, minute, flowers solitary, calyx obconical, purple veined, corolla lobes bilobate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |