Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia wilkinsonii S.Watson |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 454 (1886) |
Native Range | s. New Mexico to w. Texas and ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves lanceolate, 5-9mm long, coriaceous, sharply mucronate, strigose, cymes 3-7-flowered, dense, producing large and prominent clusters, 5-15mm broad |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |