Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Minuartia buschiana Schischk. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 6: 884 (1936) |
Native Range | Caucasus to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves subulate, ca. 1cm long, cyme 3-7-flowered, floral pedicels 5mm, bracts lanceolate, acute, ciliate, on margins membranous, glabrous, petals a little longer than calyx |
Size | 6-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Minuartia buschiana ssp. artvinica Koc & Hamzaoglu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |