Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga wardii W.W.Sm. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 134 (1913) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1200-4800m |
Description | leaves imbricate, sessile, ovate to linear, 5-11mm long, glabrous, acute, aristate, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals erect, ovate, petals ovate to orbiculate, 6-11mm long |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Saxifraga megalantha C.Marquand |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |