Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone festucoides (Benth.) Pusalkar & D.K.Singh |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 90: 79 (2015) |
Native Range | w. China to ne. Pakistan and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4700m |
Description | leaves linear, 7-20mm, uninerved, amplexicaule, sparsely ciliate, acute, flowers 1-5, bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3-4mm, sepals densely glandular hirsute, petals obovate, 7-9mm long |
Size | 5-8cm |
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 festucoides Benth. Arenaria guilielmi-waldemari Klotzsch Arenaria roylei Fenzl ex Klotzsch |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |