Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifragodes albowiana (Kurtz) D.M.Moore |
Synonyms | Saxifraga albowiana Kurtz |
Saxifragella albowiana (Kurtz) Engl. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | bright green, not stoloniferous, leaves orbiculate-spathulate, entire, 4-7mm long, bracts rhombic-ovate, calyx lobes triangular, flowers solitary, minute |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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