Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina helmii (Fisch. ex Ser.) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Synonyms | Arenaria helmii Fisch. ex Ser. |
Minuartia helmii (Fisch. ex Ser.) Schischk. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely glandular pubescent, leaves 1-2cm, oblong-elliptic, flowers tetramerous, 1-2 in cyme, sepals 4-6mm long, ovate-lanceolate, obscurely venose, petals 6-8mm long |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
helmii igoschinae (Tzvelev) Dillenb. & Kadereit, ibid.
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