| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga moschata Wulfen sect. Saxifraga |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga atrorubens Sternb. |
| Saxifraga lineata Sternb. | |
| Saxifraga porphyrantha Engl. | |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
| Description | leaves oblong-cuneate, pinnate into 2-3 obtuse lobes, floral stems erect, sparsely leafy, flowers 3-9 in terminal corymb, petals short |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | greenish, reddish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, cushion |
| 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 |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
moschata allionii (Gaud.) Pignatti, Giorn. Bot. Ital., 113(5-6): 359 (1980)
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