Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone polaris (Schischk.) Ikonn. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 137 (1973) |
Native Range | ne. European Russia to n. Siberia |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Description | leaves 3-7cm, subulate, obscurely scabrous at margins, stem leaves 15-25mm long, pale violet, flowers 3-7 in sparse raceme, petals 6mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Arenaria polaris Schischk. Arenaria procera ssp. polaris (Schischk.) Govaerts |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) |