Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria ruscifolia D.F.K.Schltdl. |
Bibliography | Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 194 (1816) |
Native Range | e. Siberia to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | glabrous, stems ramose, leaves cordate-ovate or broadly lanceolate, rigid, with distinct midrib, 2-3cm long, flowers in cyme, sepals acuminate, petals bifid |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Stellaria longipes var. humilis Fenzl Stellaria ruscifolia ssp. aleutica Hultén Stellaria ruscifolia var. aleutica (Hultén) B.Boivin Stellaria ruscifolia var. arctica Regel Stellaria werchojanensis Nasarow |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) |