Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina umbellulifera (Boiss. & Balansa) Dillenb. & Kader. |
Synonyms | Alsine umbellulifera Boiss. & Balansa |
Minuartia umbellulifera (Boiss. & Balansa) McNeill | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2100-2500m |
Description | leaves glabrous, thinly subulate, obtuse, carinate-uninerved, flowers 3-5 in umbel, pedicells glandular, sepals ovate-oblong, acute, 3-nerved |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion or 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
Western Asia (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
umbellulifera fimbriata (McNeill) Dillenb. & Kadereit, ibid.
umbellulifera kurdica (McNeill.) Dillenb. & Kadereit, ibid.
umbellulifera pontica (Bornm.) Dillenb. & Kadereit, ibid
umbellulifera salbacica (Mc.Neill) Dillenb. & Kadereit, ibid
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