Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia wilkinsonii S.Watson |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves lanceolate, 5-9mm long, coriaceous, sharply mucronate, strigose, cymes 3-7-flowered, dense, producing large and prominent clusters, 5-15mm broad |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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