Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium behmianum Muschl. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45(4): 446 (1911) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4200-4400m |
Description | stems glabrescent, leaves pubescent, ciliate, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 1-2cm, flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, sepals oblong |
Size | 3-5cm |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |