Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Odontostemma bifidum (C.Y.Wu & H.Chuang) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-3800m |
Description | glandular-hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate or elliptic, 5-10mm, obtuse, flowers 1-5 in cyme, sepals ovate, ciliate, petals obcordate, bifid |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 | Arenaria weissiana var. bifida C.Y.Wu & H.Chuang, Fl. Yunnanica 6: 836 (1995) Odontostemma weissianum var. bifidum (C.Y.Wu & H.Chuang) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |