Family | MONTIACEAE |
Genus species | Rumicastrum eremaeum (Ewart) Carolin |
Bibliography | Phytologia 102: 119 (2020) |
Native Range | Australia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1-5cm, flowers solitary, erect, petals 3-7mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, rose, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings of rosettes in summer |
Synonyms | Calandrinia eremaea Ewart Calandrinia pusilla Lindl. Claytonia pusilla F.Muell. Parakeelya eremaea (Ewart) Hershk. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, NTA Northern Territory, QLD Queensland, SOA South Australia, VIC Victoria, WAU Western Australia) |