Family | MONTIACEAE |
Genus species | Claytonia acutifolia Pall. ex Willd. |
Bibliography | Syst. Veg., [J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes] ed. 15(bis). 5: 436 (1819) |
Native Range | Siberia to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | basal leaves linear to lanceolate, 5-20cm, acute, stem leaves similar, smaller, bracts in inflorescence linear to subulate, acute, flowers 10-18mm across, sepals acute |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | white, bright pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Claytonia acutifolia var. graminifolia (Hultén) B.Boivin Claytonia acutifolia ssp. graminifolia Hultén Claytonia eschscholtzii Cham. Claytonia eschscholtzii var. rosea Volkova Claytonia soczaviana Jurtzev |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |