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Micranthes hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Haw. sect. Micranthes 
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesMicranthes hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Haw. sect. Micranthes
BibliographySaxifrag. Enum. 1: 45 (1821)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves petiolate, ovate to elliptic, 2-6cm long, carnose, cuneate, minutely serrate or denticulate, ciliate, hirsute, flowers numerous in compact, spicate thyrsus, petals 1-3mm
Size10-40cm
Colordark reddish purple
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
division after flowering; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEvaiezoa hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Raf.
Micranthes hieraciifolia ssp. longifolia (Engl. & Irmsch.) Elven & D.F.Murray
Robertsonia hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Link
Saxifraga hieraciifolia Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Saxifraga hieraciifolia var. angusticapsula Hultén
Saxifraga hieraciifolia ssp. czukczorum Chrtek & Soják
Saxifraga hieraciifolia var. latifolia Cham.
Saxifraga hieraciifolia f. longifolia Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga hieraciifolia ssp. longifolia (Engl. & Irmsch.) Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky
Saxifraga hieraciifolia var. typica Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga nivalis var. racemosa R.Townson
Saxifraga plantaginifolia Hook.
Saxifraga racemosa (R.Townson) Simonk.
Saxifraga rigida C.Sm. ex Ser.
Saxifraga stricta C.Sm. ex Nyman
Saxifraga uliginosa Fisch. ex Ser.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana)
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