Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga stenophylla Royle sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 227 (1835) |
Native Range | Central Asia to China and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-5700m |
Description | stoloniferous, basal leaves elliptic, 8-13mm, coriaceous, glandular pubescent, ciliate, acute, stem leaves similar, flowers 1-3, petals ovate to elliptic, 8-12mm long, obtuse |
Size | 5-15cm |
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 flagellaris ssp. komarovii (Losinsk.) Hultén Saxifraga flagellaris var. komarovii (Losinsk.) H.Hara Saxifraga flagellaris ssp. stenophylla (Royle) Hultén Saxifraga flagellaris var. stenophylla (Royle) C.B.Clarke Saxifraga flagellaris var. stenosepala Trautv. Saxifraga hoffmeisteri Klotzsch Saxifraga komarovii Losinsk. Saxifraga stenophylla ssp. hoffmeisteri (Klotzsch) H.Hara Saxifraga stenophylla ssp. komarovii (Losinsk.) Tolm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |