Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Scleranthus singuliflorus (F.Muell.) Mattf. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 272 (1938) |
Native Range | New Guinea, se. Australia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves linear, 5-7mm, mucronate to acute, carinate, flowers terminal, solitary, pedicels 5-15mm, scabrous, bracts 2, truncate, minutely mucronate, calyx lobes obtuse, erect |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mniarum singuliflorum F.Muell. Scleranthus mniaroides F.Muell. |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 43 Papuasia (NWG New Guinea) 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria) |