| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Minuartia setacea (Thuill.) Hayek |
| Synonyms | Arenaria setacea Thuill. |
| Arenaria aristata Raf. | |
| Arenaria heteromala Pers. | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glaucous, woody-based, leaves subulate-aristate, 3-nerved, obtuse or mucronate, fasciculate, flowers in cymes, sepals ovate, acute, petals obovate-oblong |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Krym , South European Russia , Ukraine) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
setacea olympica Kamari, Fl. Hellenica [A, Strid & Kit Tan, eds.] 1: 179 (1997)
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