Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria densissima Wall. ex Edgew. & Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 239 (1874) |
Native Range | se. Qinghai to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3500-5500m |
Description | leaves imbricate, subulate, 5-10mm, pungent, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicellate, sepals elliptic or ovate, petals narrowly falcate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 4-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria polytrichoides var. densissima (Wall.) R.Kr.Singh & Diwakar Cherleria juniperina D.Don Dolophragma juniperinum (D.Don) Fenzl |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |