Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Colobanthus subulatus (d'Urv.) Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 13 (1844) |
Native Range | s. & w. Argentina to c. Chile, Subantarctic Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-3700m |
Description | white farinose, leaves numerous, linear, scabrous, acerose, imbricate, vaginate, calyx lobes 4, lanceolate, acerose |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Colobanthus benthamianus Fenzl Colobanthus subulatus var. darwinii Hook.f. Sagina subulata d´Urv. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is., SGE South Georgia) |