Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga hirculus L. sect. Ciliatae |
Synonyms | Saxifraga alaskana (Small) Fedde |
Saxifraga autumnalis L. | |
Saxifraga flava Lam. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-4000m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves lanceolate, flat, rigid, entire, at base attenuate, petiole ciliate, flowers 1-4, calyx lobes linear, obtuse, petals elliptic |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | golden yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | rosette, 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Romania ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey ) China (China South-Central , China North-Central , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Ontario ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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