Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga wardii W.W.Sm. sect. Ciliatae |
Synonyms | Saxifraga megalantha C.Marquand |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1200-4800m |
Description | leaves imbricate, sessile, ovate to linear, 5-11mm long, glabrous, acute, aristate, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals erect, ovate, petals ovate to orbiculate, 6-11mm long |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
wardii glabripedicellata J.T.Pan, Fl. Xizang. 2: 468 (1985)
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