Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium tianschanicum Schischk. |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 136 (1936) |
Native Range | Central Asia to ne. Afghanistan and Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | densely pubescent, leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 3-5cm long, subamplexicaule, flowers in lax cyme, sepals lanceolate, glandular pubescent, petals oblong-obovate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | Cerastium vulgatum var. tianschanicum (Schischk.) Kozhevn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |