Family | MONTIACEAE |
Genus species | Phemeranthus humilis (Greene) Kiger |
Synonyms | Talinum humile Greene |
Talinum greenmanii Harshb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-1800m |
Description | succulent, leaves terete, 3-10cm, pale glaucous, flowers in cyme, thinly pedicellate, flowers 2cm, sepals 2, deciduous, petals 5, eliptic to obovate, stigma 1 |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Central , Mexico Northeast , Mexico Southwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MONTIACEAE
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