Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Facchinia cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Bibliography | Edinburgh J. Bot. 72: 359 (2015) |
Native Range | wc. Pyrenees |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-3200m |
Description | leaves oval-lanceolate, glaucous, glandular hirsute, 5-7-nerved, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals oval, acute, petals much longer than sepals |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
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 | Alsine cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Fenzl Alsine cerastiifolia var. condensata Rouy & Foucaud Alsine cerastiifolia var. laxa Rouy & Foucaud Alsine glandulosa Dulac Arenaria cerastiifolia Ramond ex DC. Arenaria ramondii Poir. Dufourea cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Gren. Minuartia cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Graebn. Sabulina cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Bubani Somerauera cerastiifolia (Ramond ex DC.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |