Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina austriaca (Jacq.) Rchb. |
Bibliography | Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 787 (1832) |
Native Range | ec. & e. Alps |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-2500m |
Description | glabrous or slightly glandular, leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, 1-2cm long, flowers large, 12-20mm across, petals retuse |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Alsine austriaca (Jacq.) Wahlenb. Alsine austriaca var. brachycarpa Beck Alsine brachycarpa (Beck) Dalla Torre Alsine tenella Fuss Arenaria austriaca Jacq. Arenaria elongata Balb. ex D.F.K.Schltdl. Arenaria stellarioides Pers. Minuartia austriaca (Jacq.) Hayek Neumayera austriaca (Jacq.) Rchb. Neumayera filicaulis (Welw. ex Rchb.) Rchb. Neumayera villarii var. filicaulis Welw. ex Rchb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |