Rock Garden Plants
Cerastium aleuticum Hultén  
Home
Families
Genus
Territory
Habitat
Synonyms
Types
Galery
Info
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesCerastium aleuticum Hultén 
BibliographySvensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 520 (1936)
Native RangeKomandor Islands to Aleutian Islands
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatscree and moraines
Altitude200-700m
Descriptionleaves sessile, elliptic to lanceolate, 4-12mm, obtuse, hirsute to subglabrous, flowers 1-3 in dense cyme, sepals lanceolate, pubescent, petals 1cm long, bifid
Size3-7cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationgravelly, humous, moist, sunny site
alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCerastium beeringianum var. aleuticum (Hultén) S.L.Welsh
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is.)
Version 10.0
(c) 1990-2025 RNDr. Pavel Slabý