Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium limprichtii Pax & K. Hoffm. |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | leaves elliptic, 5-7mm, remotely ciliate, obtuse, cymes few flowered, flowers 8-10mm, pedicels 15mm, glandular, sepals oblong, pilose, petals obovate, glabrous, bilobate |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
China (China North-Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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