Stellaria decumbens Edgew.


Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus species	Stellaria decumbens Edgew.
Synonyms	Stellaria petraea Hook.f. & Thomson
Habitat	rocky slopes
Altitude	3000-6100m
Description	leaves sessile, lanceolate, 3-4mm long, glabrous or ciliate, rigid, acuminate, flowers 1-4 in dense cyme, sepals lanceolate, acuminate, petals 2-3mm long, incised
Size	10-20cm
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	Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (China South-Central , Qinghai , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	CARYOPHYLLACEAE Stellaria decumbens Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 35 (1846) Synonyms: Alsine decumbens (Edgew.) Kuntze ============================================================================= decumbens typica ined. Synonyms: Stellaria decumbens edgeworthii Edgew. & Hook.f. Stellaria decumbens stracheyi Edgew. & Hook.f. Stellaria petraea Hook.f. & Thomson Afghanistan, sc. China, Qinghai, Tibet, Pakistan, Himalaya 34 AFG 36 CHC CHQ CHT 40 EHM NEP PAK WHM 3300-6100m decumbens acicularis Edgew. & Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1(2): 235 (1874) e. Himalaya (Sikkim) 40 EHM decumbens arenarioides L.H.Zhou, Fl. Xizang. 1: 703 (1983) Synonyms: Stellaria cuonaensis L.H.Zhou sc. China, Tibet 36 CHC CHT 3800-4100m decumbens minor Edgew. & Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1(2): 234 (1874) Synonyms: Stellaria cherleriae minor (Edgew. & Hook.f.) Majumdar e. Himalaya (Sikkim] 40 EHM decumbens polyantha Edgew. & Hook.f., ibid. Synonyms: Stellaria cherleriae polyantha (Edgew. & Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart Tibet, Himalaya 36 CHT 40 EHM NEP WHM 4600-5000m decumbens pulvinata Edgew. & Hook.f., ibid. Synonyms: Stellaria maximowiczii Kozhevn. sc. China, Qinghai, Tibet, e. Himalaya, Nepal 36 CHC CHQ CHT 40 EHM NEP 4900-5600m