Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes stellaris (L.) Galasso & al. sect. Arabisa |
Bibliography | Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 146: 231 (2005) |
Native Range | Europe, e. Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves 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 |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
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 | Hydatica 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. |
Territory | 1 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) |