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Geocarpon cumberlandense (Wofford & R.Kral) E.E.Schill.  
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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesGeocarpon cumberlandense (Wofford & R.Kral) E.E.Schill. 
BibliographyBot. J. Linn. Soc. 200: 84 (2022)
Native RangeKentucky to Tennessee
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatshady rocks
Descriptionleaves green, flat, uninerved, linear-oblanceolate, 2-3cm, obtuse, shiny, glabrous, flowers 1-3, terminal, pedicellate, sepals broadly oblong, obtuse, petals obovate, 4-6mm long
Size5-15cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & R.Kral
Minuartia cumberlandensis (Wofford & R.Kral) McNeill
Mononeuria cumberlandensis (Wofford & R.Kral) Dillenb. & Kadereit
Territory7 Northern America
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, TEN Tennessee)
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