Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina macrantha (Rydb.) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 86 (2014) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3700m |
Description | leaves green, flat, subulate to linear, 1-3-veined, shiny, glabrous, obtuse, flowers 1-5 in lax cyme, sepals ovate to lanceolate, acute, glabrous, petals oblong, 7-10mm long |
Size | 2-15cm |
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 macrantha (Rydb.) W.A.Weber Alsinopsis macrantha Rydb. Arenaria filiorum Maguire Arenaria macrantha (Rydb.) A.Nelson Arenaria rubella var. filiorum (Maguire) S.L.Welsh Minuartia filiorum (Maguire) McNeill Minuartia macrantha (Rydb.) House Minuartia macrantha var. filiorum (Maguire) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren Sabulina macrantha var. filiorum (Maguire) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |