Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Phrynella ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Pax & K.Hoffm. |
Bibliography | Nat. Pflanzenfam. [H.G.A.Engler] ed. 2. 16c: 364 (1934) |
Native Range | Syria to c. & s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2100m |
Description | minutely pruinose-strigose, leaves narrowly linear, acute, uninerved, flowers sessile, solitary, producing short, lax raceme, calyx lobes lanceolate, petals linear, obtuse |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Bolanthus ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Madhani & Rabeler Gypsophila ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss. Phryna ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Saponaria ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss. & Balansa Tunica ortegoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Tunica xylorrhiza Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |