Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus callizonus Schott & Kotschy |
Bibliography | Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 192 (1851) |
Native Range | s. Carpathians |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves bluish, linear and acute, flowers solitary, floral stem leafy, petals crenate, white central zone of corolla vermilion variegate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) |