Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Odontostemma zhenkangensis (C.Y Wu ex L.H.Zhou) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | sc. China (sw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2800-3500m |
Description | stems basally ramose, basal leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, stem leaves elliptic, 1-3cm, glabrous, obtuse, flowers numerous in cyme, petals obovate, 4-5mm |
Size | 10-25cm |
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 | Arenaria nigricans var. zhenkangensis (C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou) C.Y.Wu Arenaria zhenkangensis C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou, Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 6: 36 (1987) Odontostemma nigricans var. zhenkangensis (C.Y.Wu ex L.H.Zhou) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |