| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene pungens Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 32 (1843) |
| Native Range | nw. & w. Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1800-3800m |
| Description | pubescent, branchlets flexuous, thin, leafy, leaves rigid, linear-subulate, pungent, flowers 3-5 in cyme, calyx pale glandular hirsute, petals bipartite |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Silene chustupica Nersesian |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |