Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina fragilis (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Oregon to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1600-2400m |
Description | leaves distinctly curvate, linear, 1-2cm long, acerose, flowers pedicellate, 5-15 in open cymes, sepals 3-veined, lanceolate, 5-6mm, acerose, petals ca. 7mm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria nuttallii ssp. fragilis Maguire & A.H.Holmgren, Madroňo 8: 260 (1946) Arenaria nuttallii var. fragilis (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) C.L.Hitchc. Minuarta nuttallii var. fragilis (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Rabeler & R.L.Hartm. Minuartia nuttallii ssp. fragilis (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) McNeill Sabulina nuttallii var. fragilis (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |