Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Boykinia occidentalis Torr. & A.Gray |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. 1: 577 (1840) |
Native Range | British Columbia to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Boykinia cincinnata (Rosend. & Rydb.) Fedde Boykinia elata (Nutt.) Greene Boykinia elata var. occidentalis (Torr. & A.Gray) Rosend. ex Engl. Boykinia nuttallii Macoun Boykinia occidentalis var. cincinnata (Rosend. & Rydb.) Rosend. Boykinia occidentalis var. elata (Nutt.) A.Gray Boykinia vancouverensis (Rydb.) Fedde Saxifraga elata Nutt. Saxifraga microcarpa A.M.Johnson Therofon cincinnatum Rosend. & Rydb. Therofon elatum (Nutt.) Greene Therofon occidentale (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze Therofon vancouverense Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |