Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Odontostemma hirsutissimum (W.W.Sm.) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 2800-3200m |
Description | densely white hirsute, leaves abaxially pale green, orbiculate, 5-15mm, long white ciliate, obtuse, flowers numerous in ramose cyme, sepals lanceolate, petals laciniate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria barbata var. hirsutissima W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 195 (1919) Odontostemma barbatum var. hirsutissimum (W.W.Sm.) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |