Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga boussingaultii Brongn. sect. Saxifraga |
Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 3: 49 (1835) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4500-5000m |
Description | leaves 5mm long, sessile, densely imbricate, glabrous, linear-cuneate, trifid, lobes acute, flowers solitary, sessile, erect, acute, petals lanceolate, acute |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador) |