Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga smithiana Irmsch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 268 (1935) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3700-4000m |
Description | stem leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate to narrowly ovate, 1-3cm, glabrous, acuminate, flowers 1-7, sepals reflexed, glabrous, petals orange punctate, elliptic, 5-7mm, obtuse |
Size | 25-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |