Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria soratensis Rohrb. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 266 (1872) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stems densely pubescent, leaves carnose, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly ovate. acuminate, adaxially sparsely pilose, flowers solitary, axillary, long pedicellate, petals ovate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |