Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria alaskana Hultén |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-2300m |
Description | leaves crowded, sessile, lanceolate to elliptic, 1-2cm, coriaceous, entire, glabrous, acuminate, flowers solitary, terminal, corolla 1-2cm across, sepals narrowly lanceolate |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
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 |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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