Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Telephium oligospermum Steud. ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 754 (1867) |
Native Range | w. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glaucous, glabrous, leaves carnose, linear-lanceolate, acute, flowers crowded in capitate corymb, sepals linear, carinate, obtuse, petals oblong-linear |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |