Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene caucasica (Bunge) Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 622 (1867) |
Native Range | Caucasus to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2400-3000m |
Description | shortly sericeous, leaves in rosette, oblong-lanceolate, stem leaves shorter, oblong, acuminate, flowers 2-3, subsessile, calyx glandular hirsute, cylindrical |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 | Silene tatjanae Schischk. Silene vallesia var. caucasica Bunge |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |