Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina dawsonensis (Britton) Rydb. |
Bibliography | Brittonia 1: 88 (1931) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves green, flat, uninerved, linear to subulate, 5-15mm, obtuse, shiny, glabrous, flowers 7-15 in lax cyme, sepals ovate, acute, glabrous, petals lanceolate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsinanthe stricta ssp. dawsonensis (Britton) Á.Löve & D.Löve Alsinopsis dawsonensis (Britton) Rydb. Arenaria dawsonensis Britton Arenaria dawsonensis var. litorea (Fernald) B.Boivin Arenaria dawsonensis var. typica B.Boivin Arenaria litorea Fernald Arenaria stricta var. dawsonensis (Britton) Scoggan Arenaria stricta ssp. dawsonensis (Britton) Maguire Arenaria stricta var. litorea (Fernald) B.Boivin Minuartia dawsonensis (Britton) House Minuartia litorea (Fernald) House Sabulina litorea (Fernald) Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MIC Michigan) |