Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene chodatii Bocquet |
Bibliography | Candollea 22: 18 (1967) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2700-4300m |
Description | basal leaves linear, 5-10cm, glabrous, acute, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers 1-3, slightly pendent, calyx spherical, ventricose, 15-25mm, corolla lobes 6-7mm long |
Size | 4-25cm |
Color | dark violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |