Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes rubriflora (Harry Sm.) Gornall & H.Ohba sect. Calthophyllum |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 87: 239 (2012) |
Native Range | e. Himalaya (Bhutan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4600-4700m |
Description | leaves crowded, thick, broadly obcuneate, ca. 7mm, at apex rounded, crenate-dentate, basally cuneate, flowers solitary, long pedicellate, petals ovate-elliptic |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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 rubriflora Harry Sm. |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |