Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Petrorhagia thessala (Boiss.) P.W.Ball & Heywood |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 3: 156 (1964) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 100-1800m |
Description | leaves carnose, linear, acute, minutely serrate, fasciculate, stem leaves narrower, shorter, flowers in dense head, petals linear-lanceolate |
Size | 25-40cm |
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, 10-13°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gypsophila thessala (Boiss.) Nyman Tunica orfanidesiana Clem. Tunica thessala Boiss. Tunica zadukae Herzog |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |