Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum leucanthum Boiss. & Spruner |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 1: 55 (1843) |
Native Range | se. Greece |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1000m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, leaves uninerved, the lower in rosette, oblong or obovate spathulate, mucronate, the other elliptic-linear, acute, cymes 5-7-flowered, petals obovate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |