| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium furcatum Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Synonyms | Cerastium ciliatulum Ohwi |
| Cerastium flavescens Gartner | |
| Cerastium takedae H.Ohba | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-3800m |
| Description | leaves 10-15mm, ovate or lanceolate, acute, shortly hirsute, sessile, calyx lobes oblong, acuminate, densely glandular pubescent, petals 1cm long, deeply incised |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, medium moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| 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 (Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (China South-Central , Manchuria , China North-Central , China Southeast , Tibet ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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