Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria parvifolia Benth. |
Bibliography | Pl. Hartw.: 163 (1845) |
Native Range | w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4800m |
Description | stems trailing, ramose, glabrous, leaves minute, ovate-spathulate, shortly petiolate, basally ciliate, 4-8mm, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, petals ovate |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria parvifolia var. schiedeana Rohrb. Arenaria parvifolia var. spathulifolia Rohrb. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |