| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cherleria biflora (L.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. |
| Synonyms | Stellaria biflora L. |
| Arenaria diantha Bonnier | |
| Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thell. | |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves linear, 4-10mm long, uninerved, flowers 10-12mm across, petals a little shorter than calyx |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | white, pale lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | carpet |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| 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 (Finland , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Switzerland ) Southeastern Europe (Italy ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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