Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina stricta (Sw.) Rchb. |
Synonyms | Spergula stricta Sw. |
Arenaria baicalensis Steud. | |
Minuartia stricta (Sw.) Hiern | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 100-3800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves narrowly linear, 5-10mm, obtuse, sessile, obscurely veined, with axillary fascicles, flowers 2-4 in lax terminal inflorescence, petals 2-4mm, rounded |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Switzerland ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kirgizistan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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