Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Cerastium pedunculatum Gaudin |
Bibliography | Fl. Helv. 3: 251 (1828) |
Native Range | Alps |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves lanceolate, rigid, flowers 7-8mm across, campanulate, mostly solitary, petals deeply incised, slightly longer than sepals |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cerastium latifolium ssp. pedunculatum (Gaudin) Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |