| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga paniculata Mill. sect. Ligulatae |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga aizoon Jacq. |
| Saxifraga ciliolata Schur | |
| Saxifraga zeleborii Schott | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-2200m |
| Description | leaves sessile, oblong to obovate, 8-35mm, leathery carnose, finely serrate, ciliate, glabrous, flowers 2-20 in thyrsus or cyme, petals elliptic or oblong, 3-6mm long |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | white, pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | rosette, carpet |
| 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 (Iceland , Norway ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , Michigan , New Hampshire , New York , Vermont) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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