Silene cobalticola
Silene cobalticola
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Silene cobalticola is found at elevations around 1,300 metres in Kantanga in southern DR Congo. The climate is humid subtropical, being tempered by the relatively high elevation. Mean annual rainfall is around 1,300mm, more than 90% of which falls in a four month rainy season. The mean annual temperature is about 20°c, being lowest at the beginning of the dry season (15 - 17°c), and highest at the end of the dry season, with a daily maxima of about 31 - 33°c. Silene cobalticola is an absolute metallophyte, needing to grow in soils with high concentrations of copper[1, 2]. It requires a sunny position[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Silene+cobalticola>
Pollinators
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References
- [1]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.