Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Boykinia occidentalis Torr. & A.Gray |
Synonyms | Boykinia elata (Nutt.) Greene |
Boykinia nuttallii Macoun | |
Saxifraga elata Nutt | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-1700m |
Description | leaves 3-8cm wide, orbiculate, shortly 5-7-lobate, dentate, adaxially more or less shiny, flowers in lax panicle |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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