Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Mesostemma latifolium (Benth. ex G.Don) Ikonn, |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 114 (1976) |
Native Range | c. & w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2400m |
Description | stem flexuous, glabrous, shiny, lower leaves suborbiculate, shortly petiolate, mucronate, the upper smaller, sessile, flowers pedicellate, terminal and axillary, corolla 15mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
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 | Leucostemma latifolium Benth. ex G.Don Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar Stellaria latifolia (Benth. ex G.Don) Edgew. & Hook.f. |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |