Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene brahuica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 615 (1867) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Iran and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | grey tomentose, branchlets virgate, simple, leaves linear-subulate, abaxially carinate, fasciculate, flowers subsessile, of 3 in cyme, calyx glandular hirsute |
Size | 25-30cm |
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, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |