| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium regelii Ostenf. |
| Synonyms | Cerastium gorodkovianum Schischk. |
| Cerastium jenisejense Hultén | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | leaves 1cm long, elliptic, sharply acute, shortly glandular hirsute, flowers 3-6 in cyme, calyx lobes oval-lanceolate, petals 10-15mm long, deeply incised |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Svalbard ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Eastern Canada (Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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