Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Odontostemma leucasterium (Mattf.) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
Bibliography | PhytoKeys 63: 85 (2016) |
Native Range | sc. China (w. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-5400m |
Description | stem leaves sessile, elliptic, 4-14mm, sparsely villose, acute, flowers 2-5, sepals lanceolate, villose, petals obovate or obovate-flabellate, 7-11mm, dentate or lobate |
Size | 4-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria leucasteria Mattf. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |