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6. Minuartia biflora (L.) Schanz & Thell., Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2,7:404. 1907. Mattlf. in Fedde Rep. Spec. Nov. Beth. 15:201. 1922; Schischkin in Kom., Fl. URSS. 6:516. 1936; Wendelbo in Nytt. Mag. Hot. 1:26. 1952; Halliday in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 1:132. 1964; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Kashm. 248. 1972.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Alsine biflora Wahlb.Cerastium biflorum CranzStellaria biflora L.
Caespitose perennial. Stem ± erect, 3-5 mm; leaves 5-10 x 0.5-1 mm, narrowly linear, acute, almost spiny, convex and keeled below, sessile with short cilia at the base. Flower; 1-3. Pedicel 3-8 mm long, minutely pubescent. Sepals 2.5-3 mm long, slightly convex, 3-veined, with ± glandular hairs. Petals oblong, as long as the sepals. Capsule longer than the calyx, membranous.
Fl. Per.: July-August.
Type: Described from Lapland Islands, Hb. Linn (LINN).
Distribution: Arctic Europe, Altai, Kamachatka, N. Mongolia, N. Pakistan.
Common in the alpine zone from 3350-5000 m.
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