Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Haw. sect. Micranthes |
Bibliography | Saxifrag. Enum. 1: 45 (1821) |
Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to elliptic, 2-6cm long, carnose, cuneate, minutely serrate or denticulate, ciliate, hirsute, flowers numerous in compact, spicate thyrsus, petals 1-3mm |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | dark reddish purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 | Evaiezoa 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. |
Territory | 0 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) |