Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga rivularis L sect. Mesogyne |
Synonyms | Saxifraga dissimilis G.Don |
Saxifraga pusilla Sternb. | |
Saxifraga rivalis Uspenski | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves petiolate, reniform, 3-7-lobate, thinly carnose, entire, eciliate, glabrous, flowers 2-5 in cyme, sepals elliptic to ovate, glabrous, petals oblong |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
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 , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Québec ) Northeastern U.S.A. (New Hampshire) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
rivularis arctolitoralis (Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky) M.H.Jorg. & Elven, Syst. Bot. 31(4): 726 (2006)
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