| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Micranthes nivalis (L.) Small sect. Dermasea |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga nivalis L. |
| Saxifraga longiscapa D.Don | |
| Saxifraga nigricans Willd. ex Sternb. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, thick, coriaceous, serrate or dentate, ciliate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially brown hirsute, flowers numerous in capitate thyrsus |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Poland ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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