Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia hieronymi Pax |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2500-4800m |
Description | stems numerous, minutely pubescent, leaves approximate, coriaceous, narrowly oblong or lanceolate, flat, pubescent, acerose-mucronate, bracts ovate, acute, entire, white |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub, cushion |
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 ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
hieronymi jujuyensis Chaudhri, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 285: 187 (1968)
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