Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Stellaria tetrasticha (Mattf.) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 44: 871 (2019) |
Native Range | Peru (Ancash) |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves at apex attenuate, convex, broadly ovate, 5-6mm, ciliate, sepals ovate, 1.2mm long, petals orbiculate-ovate |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | Plettkea tetrasticha Mattf. Pycnophyllopsis tetrasticha (Mattf.) Timaná |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |