Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cherleria capillacea (All.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. |
Bibliography | Willdenowia 47: 9 (2017) |
Native Range | Mountains France to nw. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves 1-2cm long, linear-setose, rigid, obtuse, minutely ciliate, flowers 1-6 in cyme, sepals ovate-oblong, petals 7-10mm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Arenaria capillacea All. Arenaria laricifolia ssp. bauhinorum Bonnier & Layens Arenaria triflora var. capillacea (All.) DC. Minuartia capillacea (All.) Graebn. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |