Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga scleropoda Sommier & Levier subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1893: 526 (1893) |
Native Range | North Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | leaves long, acute, green, in youth erect, then curvate, flowers in small head, petals and sepals equally long, anthers distinct, yellow |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga abchasica Oett. Saxifraga scleropoda var. sommieri Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga sommieri (Engl. & Irmsch.) Sipliv. Saxifraga unifoveolata Sipliv. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) |