| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Stellaria ruscifolia Pall. ex D.F.K.Schltdl. |
| Synonyms | Stellaria werchojanensis Nasarow |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | glabrous, stems ramose, leaves cordate-ovate or broadly lanceolate, rigid, with distinct midrib, 2-3cm long, flowers in cyme, sepals acuminate, petals bifid |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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
Siberia (Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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