Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Pseudocherleria macrocarpa (Pursh) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Synonyms | Arenaria macrocarpa Pursh |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves 5-12mm, 3-veined, flat, obtuse, long ciliate, flowers solitary, calyx lobes linear, obtuse, glandular pubescent, petals 12-15mm long, obovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
macrocarpa koreana (Nakai) Dillenb. & Kadereit, Taxon 63: 451 (2014)
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