Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga poluniniana Harry Sm. subsect. Porophyllum |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3300-3500m |
Description | leaf rosette 8mm wide leaves 4-6mm long, linear, with single pore on shortly acute apex, flowers 1cm across, anthers orange-brown |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent (Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
poluniana mucronata U.C.Bhattach. & M.V.Biswan., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 15(3-4): 269 (1976)
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