Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina foliosa (Royle ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Dillenb. |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 86 (2014) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-3900m |
Description | glabrous, stems thin, leaves narrowly linear, acute, often flexuous, 1-3-veined, bright green, flowers in pedunculate cyme, sepals lanceolate, acuminate, petals entire |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsine roylei Fenzl ex Hook.f. Arenaria foliosa Royle ex Edgew. & Hook.f. Minuartia foliosa (Royle ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Majumdar Minuarita kashmirica var. foliosa (Royle ex Edgew & Hook.f.) Pusalkar Minuartia lineata f. foliosa (Royle ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |