Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Dianthus simulans Stoj. & Stef. ex Stef. & Jordanov |
Bibliography | Magyar Bot. Lapok 32: 1 (1933) |
Native Range | Bulgaria to ne. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2200m |
Description | leaves narrowly linear, acute, blue-green, flowers solitary, large, subsessile, petals irregularly dentate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece) |