Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga scardica Griseb. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 332 (1843) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1800-2300m |
Description | leaves imbricate, rigid, glaucous, glabrous, lanceolate, acute, adaxially convex, abaxially carinate, entire, flowers few in erect corymb, petals obovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga obtusa (Sprague) Horný & Webr Saxifraga sartori Heldr. ex Boiss. Saxifraga sartori var. erythrantha Halácsy Saxifraga scardica var. obtusa Sprague |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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