Family | MONTIACEAE |
Genus species | Claytonia sarmentosa C.A.Mey. |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | root thin, basal leaves in rosette, long petiolate, broadly lanceolate, acute, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, inflorescence ebracteate, flowers 15-20mm across |
Size | 1-20cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MONTIACEAE
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