| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Micranthes hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Haw. sect. Micranthes |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga hieraciifolia Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. |
| Saxifraga plantaginifolia Hook. | |
| Saxifraga racemosa Simonk. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | subarctic-subalpine |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to elliptic, 2-6cm long, carnose, cuneate, minutely serrate or denticulate, ciliate, hirsute, flowers numerous in compact, spicate thyrsus, petals 1-3mm |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | dark reddish purple |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | rosette, tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Norway , Svalbard ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Poland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Romania ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Montana) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
hieraciifolia longifolia (Engl. & Irmsch.) Elven & D.F.Murray, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1): 439 (2008)
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