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Cerastium nanum Muschl.  
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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesCerastium nanum Muschl. 
BibliographyBot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 447 (1911)
Native RangePeru
Primary BiomeMontane Tropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude4300-4500m
Descriptionstems crowded, glabrous, leaves minutely ciliate, narrowly ovate-oblong, acute, 1mm long, flowers solitary, amongst leaves, calyx glabrous, greenish, petals 1-2mm
Size1-2cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory8 Southern America
     83 Western South America (PER Peru)
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