Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria debilis d´Urv. |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 618 (1826) |
Native Range | Ecuador, w. Argentina to c. & s. Chile, Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-3500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves linear, 7-10mm long, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicels 3mm long, sepals ovate to lanceolate, smaller than petals |
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 axillaris (Phil.) Macloskie Alsine chubutensis (Speg.) Macloskie Alsine debilis (d´Urv.) Macloskie Alsine debilis var. condensata Macloskie Alsine rotundifolia (Poir.) Macloskie Drymaria rotundifolia (Poir) Har. Stellaria axillaris Phil. Stellaria chubutensis Speg. Stellaria debilis var. condensata (Macloskie) Hauman Stellaria rotundifolia Poir Stellaria stenopetala Phil. Stellaria stenopetala var. axillaris (Phil.) Hauman Stellaria stenopetala var. chubutensis (Speg.) Hauman |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |