Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Geocarpon cumberlandense (Wofford & R.Kral) E.E.Schill. |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 200: 84 (2022) |
Native Range | Kentucky to Tennessee |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves green, flat, uninerved, linear-oblanceolate, 2-3cm, obtuse, shiny, glabrous, flowers 1-3, terminal, pedicellate, sepals broadly oblong, obtuse, petals obovate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & R.Kral Minuartia cumberlandensis (Wofford & R.Kral) McNeill Mononeuria cumberlandensis (Wofford & R.Kral) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, TEN Tennessee) |