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Cherleria biflora (L.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.  
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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesCherleria biflora (L.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. 
BibliographyWilldenowia 47: 9 (2017)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatscree and moraines
Descriptionsparsely hirsute, leaves linear, 4-10mm long, uninerved, flowers 10-12mm across, petals a little shorter than calyx
Size3-7cm
Colorwhite, pale lilac
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationgravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAlsine biflora (L.) Wahlenb.
Alsine biflora f. densissima Abrom.
Alsine biflora f. laxior Abrom.
Alsine biflora f. rosea Montell
Alsine biflora var. versicolor Bruegger
Alsinella biflora (L.) Sw.
Alsinopsis biflora (L.) Rydb.
Arenaria diantha Bonnier
Arenaria sajanensis Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.
Arenaria sajanensis var. carnosula (Fenzl) B.L.Rob.
Arenaria sajanensis var. rigidula (Fenzl) B.L.Rob.
Arenaria scandinavica Spreng.
Cerastium biflorum (L.) Crantz
Lidia biflora (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thell.
Minuartia biflora f. versicolor (Bruegger) J.Cay.
Minuartia sajanensis (Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.) House
Sabulina biflora (L.) Rchb.
Stellaria biflora L.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
     36 China (CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada)
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