Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga cespitosa L. sect. Saxifraga |
Synonyms | Saxifraga groenlandica L. |
Saxifraga incurvifolia D.Don | |
Saxifraga venosa Haw. | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to spathulate, at apex 3-5-lobate, 5-15mm, entire, sparsely glandular ciliate, pedunculate-glandular, flowers 2-5 in cyme, petals 3-7mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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