| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium fischerianum Ser. |
| Synonyms | Cerastium boreale Takeda |
| Cerastium rigidulum Takeda | |
| Cerastium tatewakii Miyabe | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | densely adpressed hirsute, lower leaves lanceolate, the other ovate, acute or obtuse, flowers 3-9 in compact, terminal cyme, bracts ovate, acute, petals emarginate |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
fischerianum albimarginatum Vorosch., Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada (Moscow) 83: 34 (1972)
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