Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene fruticulosa M.Bieb. |
Bibliography | Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.: 115 (1798) |
Native Range | European Russia to sw. Siberia and Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | shortly pubescent, branchlets thin, rigid, leaves carnose, minute, the lower obovate, carinate, mucronate, the other linear, canaliculate, acute, flowers long pedicellate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene caspica Pers. Silene leptopetala Schrenk Silene pygmaea Less. ex Ledeb. Silene suffrutescens M.Bieb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) |