| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga sibirica L. sect. Mesogyne |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga elegans Sternb. |
| Saxifraga granigera K.Koch | |
| Saxifraga pekinensis Maxim. | |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-5100m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, reniform, 7-18mm, 7-9-lobed, lobes ovate to orbiculate, glandular pilose, stem leaves similar, corymb 2-13-flowered, petals obovate, 6-15mm long |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem erect |
| 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Greece ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , East Aegean Is. , Iran , Iraq , Turkey ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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