Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Odontostemma roseiflorum (Sprague) Sadeghian & Zarre |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 178: 666 (2015) |
Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 2700-4500m |
Description | stems violet, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate or elliptic, 7-15mm, ciliate, obtuse, flowers solitary, terminal, sepals violet, lanceolate, petals obovate, 10-15mm, emarginate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria atuntziensis C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou Arenaria atuntziensis var. stenopetala Tsui ex L.H.Zhou Arenaria roseiflora Sprague Arenaria roseiflora f. albiflora C.Y.Wu Moehringella roseiflora (Sprague) H.Neumayer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |