Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone ischnophylla (F.N.Williams) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
Synonyms | Arenaria ischnophylla F.N.Williams |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4500-5100m |
Description | leaves dense, subulate, triquetrous, 5-10mm long, vaginate, spinose, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicels villose, petals ovate-elliptic, 4-6mm long, obtuse |
Size | 4-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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