Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Petrorhagia ochroleuca (Sm.) P.W.Ball & Heywood |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 3: 138 (1964) |
Native Range | e. Greece |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glaucous, stems ramose, leaves linear, rigid, 3-nerved, on margins scabrous, flowers in panicle, calyx glabrous, lobes triangular-acuminate, petals entire, oblong-linear |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale ochre |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Synonyms | Gypsophila ochroleuca Sm. Tunica ochroleuca (Sm.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Tunica rhodopea Velen. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |