Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria pycnophylla Rohrb. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 250 (1872) |
Native Range | Bolivia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stems ramose, glabrous, leaves densely imbricate, coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, convex, glabrous, ciliate, flowers solitary, terminal, sessile, petals absent |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) |