| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cherleria arctica (Steven ex Ser.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. |
| Synonyms | Arenaria arctica Steven ex Ser. |
| Arenaria altaica Fisch. ex DC. | |
| Arenaria stenopetala Turcz. | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | stems glandular pubescent, leaves linear, 6-16mm, flowers solitary, sepals linear-oblong, 5-7mm long, glandular pubescent, petals 8-12mm long |
| Size | 5-9cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | carpet |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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