Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga excellens Harry Sm. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 230 (1960) |
Native Range | Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3600-4700m |
Description | stems apically densely red hirsute, basal stem leaves long petiolate, obovate-elliptic, the middle sessile, broadly elliptic, to 7cm long, flowers ca. 1cm across |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |