Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria maximowiczii Kozhevn. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 20: 104 (1983) |
Native Range | China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4600-5600m |
Description | densely pulvinate, stems glabrous, leaves ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, 3-4mm, acuminate, flowers solitary, sepals ovate-lanceolate, 4mm, petals bifid |
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 | Stellaria decumbens var. pulvinata Edgew. & Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |