Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone bryophylla (Fernald) Pusalkar & D.K.Singh |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 90: 78 (2015) |
Native Range | s. Qinghai to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4200-6200m |
Description | leaves linear, triangular, 4-9mm, hard, sparsely ciliate, acute, flowers solitary, sessile, sepals elliptic-lanceolate, acute, petals narrowly obovate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria bryophylla Fernald Arenaria bryophylla var. brevipedicellata R.F.Huang & S.K.Wu Arenaria muscifloris Edgew. & Hook.f. Arenaria musciformis Wall. ex Edgew. & Hook.f. Eremogone bryophylla (Fernald) Sadeghian & Zarre |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |