Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone fendleri (A.Gray) Ikonn. |
Synonyms | Arenaria fendleri A.Gray |
Arenaria laxiflora Rydb. | |
Arenaria tweedyi Rydb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-4300m |
Description | leaves acicular, acuminate, glabrous to strigose, flowers 10-35 in lax cyme, pedicellate, sepals linear-lanceolate, petals spathulate, 4-8mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
fendleri brevicaulis (Maguire) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren, Brittonia 62: 264 (2010)
fendleri plateauensis (Maguire) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren, ibid.
fendleri porteri (Rydb.) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren, ibid.
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