Day: June 3, 2024

#977 They called me Rhodalsine geniculata, also known as Minuartia webbii, and Alsine bartolottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bartolott (I couldn’t find his records), and Colin James Webb, or Philip Barker Webb. They first catalogued me in 1898.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.