Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina dawsonensis (Britton) Rydb. |
Synonyms | Arenaria dawsonensis Britton |
Arenaria litorea Fernald | |
Minuartia dawsonensis (Britton) House | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves green, flat, uninerved, linear to subulate, 5-15mm, obtuse, shiny, glabrous, flowers 7-15 in lax cyme, sepals ovate, acute, glabrous, petals lanceolate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | carpet |
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 , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota , North Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Michigan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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