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Geocarpon groenlandicum (Retz.) E.E.Schill.  
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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesGeocarpon groenlandicum (Retz.) E.E.Schill. 
BibliographyBot. J. Linn. Soc. 200: 84 (2022)
Native RangeGreenland to e. USA
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatrocks and scree
Descriptionleaves to 15mm long, linear, soft, flower ca. 1cm across, on short scape above leaves, petals apically emarginate
Size15-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAlsine groenlandica (Retz.) Fenzl
Alsinopsis groenlandica (Retz.) Small
Arenaria glabra Torr.
Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng.
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.
Mononeuria groenlandica (Retz.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
Porsildia groenlandica (Retz.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Sabularia groenlandica (Retz.) Small
Sabulina groenlandica (Retz.) Small
Stellaria groenlandica Retz.
Stellaria labradorica Schrank
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia)
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