Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia chilensis DC. |
Synonyms | Paronychia longifolia Steud. |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | stems numerous, in upper part ramose, leaves green, linear-oblong, sharply acute, 1cm long, bracts acute, to 6mm long, sepals abaxially hirsute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Ecuador ) Brazil (Brazil South ) Southern South America (Argentina Northeast , Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central , Chile North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
chilensis mutica (Phil.) Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 91: 358 (1896)
chilensis subandina (Phil.) Chaudhri, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 285: 172 (1968)
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