Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch |
Synonyms | Saxifraga crassifolia L. |
Bergenia cordifolia (Haw.) Sternb. | |
Bergenia coreana Nakai | |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 1100-1800m |
Description | leaves basal, obovate to elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, shallowly dentate, basally cuneate, inflorescence cymose, 4-15cm, many flowered, petals elliptic to ovate, venose |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division in spring and fall |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Korea) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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