Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga geoides Lacaita sect. Gymnoptera |
Bibliography | Cavanillesia 3: 37 (1930) |
Native Range | w. Pyrenees to nw. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, oval, 1-3cm, shallowly, remotely crenate, flowers numerous in cymose inflorescence, linear or ovate, petals elliptic, 2-5mm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga x geum var. cuatrecasasii Font Quer & Guinea Saxifraga hirsuta var. cuatrecasasii (Font Quer & Guinea) Sanna & Fern.Prieto Saxifraga hirsuta var. paucicrenata Leresche ex Gillot Saxifraga hirsuta ssp. paucicrenata (Leresche ex Gillot) D.A.Webb |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |