Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Odontostemma pogonanthum (W.W.Sm.) Sadeghian & Zarre |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 178: 666 (2015) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4400m |
Description | leaves sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-10mm, villose, obtuse, flowers 1-4, pedicellate, sepals lanceolate-ovate, obtuse, petals broadly obovate, 5-8mm, shallowly dentate |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Arenaria pogonantha W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |