| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Synonyms | Cerastium earlei Rydb. |
| Cerastium pulchellum Rydb. | |
| Cerastium variable Goodd. | |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | densely glandular-pubescent, basal leaves oblong to spathulate, 10-15mm long, stem leaves similar, flowers solitary, 2cm across, petals deeply incides |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
beeringianum continentale Peschkova, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 12: 276 (1975)
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