Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Herniaria latifolia Lapeyr. |
Bibliography | Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 127 (1813) |
Native Range | Pyrenees to Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2500m |
Description | leaves to 1cm long, broadly elliptic, dark green, ciliate, glabrous, flowers 2mm across in clusters, sepals conspicuously adpressed hirsute |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Herniaria incana ssp. latifolia (Lapeyr.) Bonnier & Layens Herniaria pyrenaica J.Gay ex Lacaita |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |