Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium aleuticum Hultén |
Bibliography | Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 520 (1936) |
Native Range | Komandor Islands to Aleutian Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 200-700m |
Description | leaves sessile, elliptic to lanceolate, 4-12mm, obtuse, hirsute to subglabrous, flowers 1-3 in dense cyme, sepals lanceolate, pubescent, petals 1cm long, bifid |
Size | 3-7cm |
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 | Cerastium beeringianum var. aleuticum (Hultén) S.L.Welsh |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is.) |