Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga hookeri Engl. & Irmsch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 582 (1912) |
Native Range | e. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3300-4200m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, brown villose, 19-21mm long, ovate, acute, stem leaves ovate, corymb 3-6-flowered, sepals erect, ovate, petals oblong to broadly elliptic, 5-8mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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 after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga corymbosa Hook.f. & Thomson Saxifraga hookeri var. aequifolia C.Marquand & Airy Shaw Saxifraga parnassifolia Wall. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |