Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes melaleuca (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Losinsk. sect. Calthophyllum |
Synonyms | Saxifraga melaleuca Fisch. ex Spreng. |
Saxifraga altaica Stephan ex Ledeb. | |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves obovate to suborbiculate, obscurely dentate, narrowly petiolate, inflorescence racemose-paniculate, flowers 10-12mm, petals elliptic |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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