Cerastium decalvans Schloss. & Vuk.


Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus species	Cerastium decalvans Schloss. & Vuk.
Synonyms	Cerastium lanigerum Clem.
Habitat	grassland and rocks
Altitude	1200-2300m
Description	leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, elongate, acute, sparsely tomentose to pubescent, with distinct yellow midrib, flowers in cyme, sepals pubescent
Size	5-15cm
Color	white
Bloom	summer
Ca	+
Type	carpet
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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	Europe Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Yugoslavia)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	CARYOPHYLLACEAE Cerastium decalvans Schloss. & Vuk., Fl. Croat. 360 (1896) 1200-2300m ============================================================================= decalvans typicum ined. Synonyms: Cerastium balcanicum anisophyllum Bornm. Cerastium banaticum leontopodium Stoj. & Stef. Cerastium decalvans anisophyllum (Bornm.) Niketić Cerastium decalvans bosnicaum (Beck) Niketić Cerastium decalvans cernajevskii (T.Georgiev) Niketić Cerastium decalvans halacsyi (Borza) Niketić Cerastium decalvans isophyllum (Bornm.) F.K.Mey. Cerastium decalvans kitanovii Dimitrov Cerastium decalvans leontopodium (Stoj. & Stef.) Niketić Cerastium decalvans oehmii Niketić Cerastium decalvans pauciflorum (Beck) Niketić Cerastium decalvans pseudolanatum (K.Malý) Niketić Cerastium decalvans robustum (Beck) Niketić Cerastium grandiflorum albanicum Bald. Cerastium lanigerum Clem. Cerastium lanigerum alpicola Hausskn. Cerastium lanigerum isophyllum Bornm. Cerastium lanigerum minutum T.Georgiev Cerasrium lanigerum nikolovii T.Georgiev Cerastium lanigerum pseudolanatum K.Malý Cerastium lanigerum robustum Beck Cerastium lanigerum stojanovii T.Georgiev Cerastium tomentosum bosniacum Beck se. Europe 13 ALB BUL GRC YUG decalvans dollineri (Beck) Gadjic ex Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 13(2): 280 (1984) Basionym: Cerastium lanigerum dollineri Beck, Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 2: 62 (1887) North Macedonia 13 YUG decalvans histrio (Correns ex Prain) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 12(1): 37 (1982) Baisonym: Cerastium histrio Correns ex Prain, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 59: 182 (1909) Bulgaria 13 BUL decalvans sylvaticum (K.Malý) Niketić, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Belgrade, B 49-50: 47 (1999) Basionym: Cerastium lanigerum sylvaticum K.Malý former Yugoslavia 13 YUG