Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga brachypoda D.Don sect. Ciliatae |
Synonyms | Hirculus brachypodus (D.Don) Losinsk. |
Saxifraga glandulosa Wall. | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | stem leaves dense, shiny, lanceolate to linear, 5-12mm, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous, acute, pungent, flowers 1-3, sepals erect, ovate, petals ovate to elliptic, 5-9mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
brachypoda eglandulosa (Harry Sm.) S.Akiyama & al., Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 26(3): 82 (2000)
brachypoda gouldii (C.E.C.Fisch.) S.Akiyama & al., ibid.
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