| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Micranthes tenuis (Wahlenb.) Small sect. Dermasea |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga pauciflora Sternb. |
| Saxifraga sochondensis Maximova | |
| Saxifraga tenuis (Wahlenb.) Harry Sm. ex Lindm. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | leaves ovate to oval, obtuse or rounded, crenate, ciliate, abruptly tapered to petiolate base, cymules few flowered, producing terminal corymbose cyme |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem erect |
| 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 , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (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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