Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Herniaria caucasica Rupr. |
Synonyms | Herniaria zervudachii Hand.-Mazz. |
Habitat | screes and moraines |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves minute, obovate-elliptic, glabrous, shortly ciliate, flowers approximate, shortly pedicellate, calyx obconical, lobes oblong, ciliate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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