Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria humifusa Wahlenb. |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
Description | leaves opposite, sessile, 3-7mm, subcarnose, oblong or lanceolate, flat, glabrous, shiny, acute, flowers solitary, calyx glabrous, petals lanceolate, 3-6mm long, anthers 10 |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | lax carpet |
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 |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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