Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Arenaria jamesoniana Rohrb. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 367 (1872) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 4600-4700m |
Description | stems glabrescent, leaves minute, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate, 3-4mm, flowers solitary in axils of upper leaves, pedicellate, petals absent |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |