Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Moehringia tommasinii Marches. |
Bibliography | Boll. Soc. Adriat. Sci. Nat. Trieste 4: 327 (1880) |
Native Range | ne. Italy to Croatia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glabrous, grey-green, leaves 25mm, linear to narrowly elliptic, subcarnose, flowers tetramerous, 1-5 in cyme, sepals with wide scarious margins, petals 3-5mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early 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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria tommasinii (Marches.) Fernald |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |