| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dichodon cerastoides (L.) Rchb. |
| Synonyms | Stellaria cerastoides L. |
| Cerastium lapponicum Crantz | |
| Cerastium trigynum Vill. | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-5100m |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, 8-20mm, acuminate, flowers 3-7 in cyme, bracts leaf-like, lanceolate, pedicels glandular pubescent, petals obovate, 8-12mm long, incised to 1/4 |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey ) China (Manchuria , Qinghai , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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