Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria boliviana F.N.Williams |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 33: 425 (1898) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves minute, oblong-lanceolate, acute, with narrow scarious margins, ciliate, flowers solitary, peduncles hirsute, sepals ovate, obtuse, petals absent |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
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 conferta Wedd. Arenaria conferta var. villosa Wedd. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |