Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone kansuensis (Maxim.) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 83 (2014) |
Native Range | c. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5300m |
Description | leaves dense, spinose-linear, triquetrous, hard, acute, aristate, flowers solitary, terminal, sepals glabrous, lanceolate, acute, petals obovate, 4-5mm, obtuse |
Size | 4-5cm |
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 kansuensis Maxim. Arenaria kansuensis var. acropetala Tsui & L.H.Zhou Arenaria kansuensis var. ovatipetala Tsui & L.H.Zhou |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |