Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria persica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 85 (1854) |
Native Range | Caucasus to e. Turkey and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | glabrous, stems square, leaves lanceolate-linear, sessile, acute, inflorescence lax, flowers in cymes, sepals lanceolate, acute, petals deeply bilobate, lobes linear |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Stellaria glauca var. persica (Boiss.) Boiss. Stellaria glauca f. virens (Fenzl) Regel Stellaria glauca var. virens Fenzl Stellaria virens (Fenzl) Rupr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |