Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Mitella pentandra Hook. |
Synonyms | Mitella latiflora (Rydb.) Fedde |
Pectiantia latiflora Rydb. | |
Pectiantia pentandra (Hook.) Rydb. | |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 1000-3700m |
Description | sometimes stoloniferous, leaves ovate-cordate, 2-7cm wide, double crenate-dentate, flowers in 6-25-flowered raceme, petals 3mm, divided into 8 filiform, lateral segments |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | greenish |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in early spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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