Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria tenella Kit. ex Schult. |
Bibliography | Oestr. Fl. ed. 2, 1: 662 (1814) |
Native Range | w. Carpathians (Tatra Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | stems densely ramose, leaves elliptic-lanceolate to broadly ovate, 2-5mm, flowers 1-2, terminal, corolla to 10mm, pentamerous, petals rounded, lax |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria ciliata var. tatrensis Zapal. Arenaria ciliata ssp. tatrensis (Zapal.) Farvarger Arenaria ciliata ssp. tenella (Kit. ex Schult.) Braun-Blanq. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland) |