Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria merckioides Maxim. |
Synonyms | Arenaria chokaiensis Yatabe |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | flowers oblong to elliptic or ovate, 1-2cm long, acute, pubescent, glabrescent, rather carnose, sessile, flowers 3, pedicellate, sepals lanceolate, obtuse, petals narrow |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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
Russian Far East (Kuril Is. ) Eastern Asia (Japan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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