Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga wallichiana Sternb. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Rev. Saxifrag., Suppl. 1: t. 22 (1822) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-5000m |
Description | stem leaves dense, shiny, ovate to lanceolate, 8-18mm, glabrous, glandular-ciliate, acute, flowers 1-4, sepals erect, ovate, glabrous, petals ovate to elliptic, 4-7mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 | Saxifraga brachypoda var. fimbriata (Wall. ex Ser.) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga fimbriata Wall. ex Ser. Saxifraga oligantha Zhmylev Saxifraga pauciflora T.C.Ku Saxifraga phaenophylla Franch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |