Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium latifolium L. |
Synonyms | Cerastium flexuosum Hegetschw. |
Cerastium glaciale Gaudin ex Ser. | |
Cerastium wahlenbergii Rupr. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | glandular pubescent, leaves 12-30mm long, ovate to ovate-elliptic, acute, sessile, rigid, blue-green, flowers 1-3, sepals with wide scarious margins, petals 10-14mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
latifolium pyrenaicum (J.Gay) Govaerts, World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 13 (1999)
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