Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Spergularia rupicola Lebel |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 7: 274 (1860) |
Native Range | w. Europe |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-50m |
Description | leaves linear, cylindrical, acute, mucronate, stipules connate, ovate, acute, white, nitid, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicellate, sepals oblong, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late 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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsine rupestris (Lebel ex Kindb.) Druce Alsine rupicola (Lebel) Hiern Alsine rupicola var. rupiculoides (Samp.) Samp. Buda rupestris (Lebel ex Kindb.) F.Hanb. Corion rupestre (Lebel ex Kindb.) N.E.Br. Corion rupicola (Lebel ex Kindb.) Merino Lepigonum rupestre Lebel ex Kindb. Lepigonum rupicola Lebel. ex Kindb. Spergula lebeliana Maire Spergula rupicola (Lebel.) G.Lópex Spergularia colorata var. rupicoloides (Samp.) Samp. Spergularia lebeliana Rouy Spergularia macrorrhiza var. rupestris (Lebel ex Kindb.) Tanfani Spergularia marina ssp. rupestris (Lebel ex Kindb.) Hook.f. Spergularia rubra ssp. rupicola (Lebel) Bonnier Spergularia rupestris Lebel Spergularia rupicola var. guimaraesii Foucaud ex Cout. |
Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) |