Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria roughii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 23 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1000-2000m |
Description | rootstock carnose, stem thin, branched, leaves linear, to 2cm long, carnose, grey glaucous with purple tinge, flowers solitary, sepals to 2cm long, petals shorter than sepals |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |