Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes nudicaulis (D.Don) Gornall & H.Ohba |
Synonyms | Saxifraga nudicaulis D.Don |
Saxifraga geranioides Georgi | |
Saxifraga vaginalis Turcz. ex Ledeb. | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
Description | glabrous, stem leaves, reniform, 1-2cm wide, at base broadly cuneate, lobate, lobes triangular to ovate, acute, inflorescence corymbose, petals 4-5mm, oblong, obtuse |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Chita , Irkutsk , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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