Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria mairei Emb. |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 33: 31 (1933) |
Native Range | Morocco |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves opposite, at base vaginate-connate, 6-12mm, subulate, rigid, acute, mucronate, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicellate, 8-10mm across |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |