Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga fragilis Schrank sect. Saxifraga |
Synonyms | Chondrosea luteopurpurea Haw. |
Saxifraga corbariensis Timb.-Lagr. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1300-1600m |
Description | glabrous, viscid, leaves coriaceous, cuneate-flabellate, segments 5-11, the middle entire or trifid, linear, flowers 10-15 in ovoid panicle, petals 6-8mm long, subimbricate |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (France , Spain) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
fragilis paniculata (Pau) Muńoz Garm. & P.Vargas, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 47(1): 279 (1990)
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