Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Minuartia libanotica (Boiss.) Bornm. |
Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 31(2): 193 (1914) |
Native Range | c. Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | glabrous, leaves minute, cylindric-subulate, sulcate, obtuse, densely imbricate, flowers 2-5 in corymb, sepals lanceolate, acute, petals oblong |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsine libanotica Boiss. Arenaria makmelensis Fernald |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |