| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Telephium orientale Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 11 (1849) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Turkmenistan and w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | procumbent, leaves grey-green, 4-5mm, elliptic to obovate, acute, alternate, abaxially with distinct midrib, inflorescence lax, flowers thinly pedicellate, petals 3-4mm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 | Telephium imperati var. orientale Boiss. Telephium imperati ssp. orientale (Boiss.) Nyman |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, CYP Cyprus, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |