Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga unguiculata Engl. sect. Ciliatae |
Synonyms | Hirculus unguiculatus (Engl.) Losinsk. |
Hirculus vilmorianus (Engl. & Irmsch.) Losinsk. | |
Saxifraga vilmoriana Engl. & Irmsch. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1800-5600m |
Description | leaves spathulate, 4-8mm, glabrous, mucronate, stem leaves oblong, 4-15mm, flowers 1-8, pedicellate, sepals erect, petals ovate to elliptic, 5-8mm long, orange punctate |
Size | 3-14cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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 |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
unguiculata limprichtii (Engl. & Irmsch.) J.T.Pan ex S.Y.He, Fl. Hebeiensis 1: 581 (1986)
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