Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria pusilla Em.Schmid |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4100-5500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves sessile, lanceolate or narrowly ovate, base ciliate, apex acuminate, flowers 1-3, 1cm across, in cyme, sepals lanceolate, acuminate, petals bifid |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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
China (Tibet , Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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