Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Spergularia floribunda (Gay) Rohrb. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 230 (1872) |
Native Range | c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | finely lanate, leaves linear, subfiliform, 1-2cm long, bracts lanceolate, sharply acute, 6-8mm, flowers numerous in terminal clusters, petals 3mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 floribunda Gay Lepigonum floribundum Kindb. Spergularia coquimbensis Phil. Tissa coquimbensis (Phil.) Reiche Tissa floribunda (Gay) Reiche |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |