Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga cossoniana Boiss. & Reut. sect. Saxifraga |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 70 (1856) |
Native Range | Baleares, e. & se. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | stems ramose, in lower part viscid-hirsute, leaves petiolate, orbiculate, 1-2cm, shallowly lobate, crenate, flowers few, thinly pedicellate, petals spathulate, ca. 1cm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of tubers in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga corsica ssp. cossoniana (Boiss. & Reut.) D.A.Webb Saxifraga corsica var. cossoniana (Boiss. & Reut.) O.Bolós & Vigo Saxifraga corsica ssp. ebusitana Romo Saxifraga corsica ssp. fontqueri (O.Bolós & Vigo) Malag. Saxifraga corsica var. fontqueri O.Bolós & Vigo Saxifraga corsica var. mariolensis (Pau) O.Bolós & Vigo Saxifraga cossoniana var. mariolensis Pau |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, SPA Spain) |