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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesStellaria irrigua Bunge 
BibliographyMém. Acad. Imp. Sci., St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 548 (1835)
Native RangeCentral Asia to Russian Far East and Himalaya, Subarctic America to Mexico
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2500-4000m
Descriptionglabrous, leaves ovate-oblong, at base tapered, at apex obtuse, flowers 3-7 in terminal raceme, pedicels filiform, sepals ovate, acute, petals small, bifid
Size2-3cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAlsine baicalensis Coville
Stellaria gonomischa B.Boivin
Stellaria leiosperma Pobed.
Stellaria subumbellata Edgew.
Stellaria subumbellata f. villosa H.Chuang
Stellaria umbellata Turcz. ex Kar. & Kir.
Stellaria weberi B.Boivin
Stellaria wutaica Hand.-Mazz.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
     79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXS Mexico Southwest)
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