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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesArenaria humifusa Wahlenb. 
Habitatrocks
Altitudearctic-subarctic
Descriptionleaves opposite, sessile, 3-7mm, subcarnose, oblong or lanceolate, flat, glabrous, shiny, acute, flowers solitary, calyx glabrous, petals lanceolate, 3-6mm long, anthers 10
Size1-3cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typelax carpet
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory Circumpolar
Europe
     Northern Europe (Norway , Svalbard , Sweden )
     Eastern Europe (North European Russia )
Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (West Siberia )
Northern America
     Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories )
     Western Canada (Manitoba )
     Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Arenaria humifusa Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp. 129 (1812)

Circumpolar
10 NOR SVA SWE 14 RUN 30 WSB 70 GNL NUN NWT 71 MAN 72 LAB NFL NSC ONT PEI QUE

arctic-subarctic

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