Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes purpurascens (Kom.) Kom. sect. Calthophyllum |
Synonyms | Saxifraga purpurascens Kom. |
Micranthes ohwii (Tatew.) T.Fukuda & H.Ikeda | |
Saxifraga ohwii Tatew. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves petiolate, cordate-orbiculate or cordate-reniform, glabrous, subcoriaceous, coarsely, regularly dentate, flowers in lax panicle, petals oblong-obovate, 3-4mm long |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. , Magadan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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