Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium nanum Muschl. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 447 (1911) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4300-4500m |
Description | stems crowded, glabrous, leaves minutely ciliate, narrowly ovate-oblong, acute, 1mm long, flowers solitary, amongst leaves, calyx glabrous, greenish, petals 1-2mm |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |