Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Balkana spergulifolia (Griseb.) Madhani & Zarre |
Bibliography | Taxon 67: 102 (2018) |
Native Range | Albania to Bosnia-Hercegovina |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves dense, glabrous, filiform-aristate, acute, floral pedicels glandular, calyx campanulate, lobes ovate with white margins, obtuse, petals spathulate-oblong |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | pale purple, 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 | Gypsophila serbica (Vis. & Pančić) Degen Gypsophila spergulifolia Griseb. Gypsophila spergulifolia f. albanica Griseb. Gypsophila spergulifolia f. serbica Griseb. Heterochroa spergulifolia (Griseb.) Jaub. & Spach Jordania spergulifolia Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, YUG Yugoslavia) |