| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Eremogone hookeri (Nutt.) W.A.Weber |
| Bibliography | Brittonia 33: 326 (1981) |
| Native Range | w. & c. US |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1200-2900m |
| Description | leaves linear, rigid, acute, smaller and more narrow than stem leaves, floral stem pubescent and glandular, flowers in capitate cyme, petals oblanceolate, longer than calyx |
| Size | 1-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | 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 franklinii var. hookeri (Nutt.) Rydb. Arenaria hookeri Nutt. Arenaria hookeri ssp. desertorum (Maguire) W.A.Weber Arenaria hookeri var. desertorum Maguire Arenaria hookeri var. typica Maguire Eremogone hookeri ssp. desertorum (Maguire) W.A.Weber |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |
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