Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone edgeworthiana (Majumdar) Pusalkar & D.K.Singh |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 90: 79 (2015) |
Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4200-5100m |
Description | leaves subulate-linear, 8-20mm, hirsute, apex aristate, margins scabrous, flowers solitary, terminal, sepals lanceolate, petals broadly ovate, 9-12mm long |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria edgeworthiana Majumdar Arenaria monticola Edgew. Eremogone edgeworthiana (Majumdar) Sadeghian & Zarre |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |