Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria livermorensis Correll |
Bibliography | Brittonia 18: 308 (1966) |
Native Range | w. Texas (Davis Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-2500m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear, 4-6mm, rigid, shiny, acute, flowers axillary, pedicellate, sepals green, broadly lanceolate, acute, glabrous, petals absent |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) |