Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene odontopetala Fenzl |
Bibliography | Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr.: 9 (1842) |
Native Range | Turkey to Iran and Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-4000m |
Description | densely pubescent, stems leafy, apically glandular lanate, leaves lanceolate, uninerved, flowers 1-7 in cyme, calyx viscid, white, campanulate, lobes acuminate, petals incised |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Silene candicans Čelak. Silene cerastiifolia Boiss. Silene odontopetala var. cerastiifolia Boiss. Silene odontopetala var. glabriifolia Blakelock Silene odontopetala var. latifolia Boiss. Silene odontopetala ssp. physocalyx (Ledeb.) Bornm. & Gauba Silene physocalyx Ledeb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |