Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene avromana Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] Suppl.: 105 (1888) |
Native Range | n. Iran to ne. Iraq |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | caespitose, stems erect, viscid, basal leaves glabrous, obtuse, oblong, mucronate, attenuate to long petiole, the upper long subulate, flowers 3-5, approximate in cyme |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | reddish |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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, IRQ Iraq) |