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Micranthes stellaris (L.) Galasso & al. sect. Arabisa 
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesMicranthes stellaris (L.) Galasso & al. sect. Arabisa
BibliographyAtti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 146: 231 (2005)
Native RangeEurope, e. Subarctic America
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Descriptionleaves sessile, obovate to elliptic, 1-5cm, carnose, margins 1-3-dentate, ciliate, hirsute, flowers 2-10 in lax cyme, petals lanceolate with yellow basal patch, 3-8mm long
Size5-15cm
Colorwhite
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
SynonymsHydatica brunoniana Small
Hydatica foliolosa Raf.
Hydatica stellaris (L.) S.F.Gray
Hydatica stellaris var. minor S.F.Gray
Robertsonia stellaris (L.) Link
Saxifraga bejarana (Pau) Rivas Goday
Saxifraga gredensis Riv.Mateos
Saxifraga leucanthemifolia var. brunoniana (Bong.) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga notkana Moc. ex Ser.
Saxifraga pegaia Dalla Torre
Saxifraga schleicheri D.Don ex G.Don
Saxifraga stellaris L.
Saxifraga stellaris f. bejarana Pau
Saxifraga stellaris var. brunoniana Bong.
Saxifraga stellaris var. chlorantha Heer
Saxifraga stellaris var. cryptopetala Abrom.
Saxifraga stellaris var. foliolosa Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Saxifraga stellaris var. latifolia Willk.
Saxifraga stellaris var. pumila Gaudin
Saxifraga stellaris f. pygmaea Lange
Saxifraga stellaris var. vulgaris Hartm.
Saxifraga subalpina Brügger
Saxifraga subalpina Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
Spatularia brunoniana Small
Spatularia stellaris (L.) Haw.
Territory1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec)
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