Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Minuartia stereoneura Mattf. |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 126: 30 (1921) |
Native Range | Algeria to Morocco |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1600-2500m |
Description | glaucous, leaves opposite, subulate, dilated and vaginate-connate, shortly mucronate, glabrous, 3-nerved, flowers in terminal cyme, sepals lanceolate, acute |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Minuartia mutabilis var. faurei (Maire) Maire Minuartia mutabilis var. litardierei (Maire) Maire Minuartia mutabilis ssp. stereoneura (Mattf.) Maire Minuartia rostrata var. faurei Maire Minuaria rostrata var. litardierei Maire Minuartia rostrata ssp. stereoneura (Mattf.) Maire |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |