| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Micranthes foliolosa (R.Br.) Gornall sect. Arabisa |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga foliolosa R.Br. |
| Saxifraga comosa (Poir.) Britton | |
| Saxifraga foliosa D.Dietr. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | leaves sessile, oblanceolate, carnose, at base cuneate, subentire, sparsely ciliate, glabrescent, flowers 2-5 in narrow cylindrical thyrsus, petals with yellow basal patch |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North 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 ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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