Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene parrowiana Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] Suppl.: 97 (1888) |
Native Range | w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-1600m |
Description | glaucous, glabrous, lower leaves carnose, acute, oblong, attenuate to long petiole, upper leaves linear, smaller, flowers in opposite cymes forming oblong raceme |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | whitish green |
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 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |