Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus albanicus Wetts. |
Bibliography | Biblioth. Bot. 5(26): 34 (1892) |
Native Range | w. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely caespitose, stems rigid, simple, leaves linear-subulate, falcate, rigid, 3-5-nerved, vaginate, flowers 5-8 in dense corymbose head, petals abaxially yellowish |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | violet-purple |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Dianthus callosus Velen. Dianthus gracilis ssp. armerioides (Griseb.) Tutin Dianthus gracilis var. armerioides Griseb. Dianthus suskalovicii Adamović |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, YUG Yugoslavia) |