Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Spergularia fimbriata Boiss. & Reut. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 1: 94 (1854) |
Native Range | Baleares, s. Portugal to sw. Spain, Morocco, Canary Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves opposite, narrowly linear, subcylindrical, green, glabrous, 1cm, stipules silvery, ovate, glabrous, flowers in terminal cymes, petals obtuse |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsine fimbriata Pau Arenaria fimbriata Salzm. ex Kindb. Lepigonum fimbriatum Kindb. Spergula fimbriata (Boiss. & Reut.) Pit. & Proust Spergula fimbriata f. albiflora (H.Lindb.) Maire Spergula fimbriata var. condensata Ball Spergula fimbriata var. pulvinata Sauvage Spergula fimbriata var. tenuis Ball Spergula fimbriata f. tenuis (Ball) Maire Spergularia fimbriata f. albilfora H.Lindb. Spergularia fimbriata ssp. condensata (Ball) H.Lindb. Spergularia fimbriata var. condensata Ball Spergularia fimbriata var. glabrifolia H.Lindb. Spergularia fimbriata var. interclusa Svent. Spergularia fimbriata var. tenuis Ball Spergularia rubra var. fimbriata (Boiss. & Reut.) Knoche |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |