Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga perpusilla Hook.f. & Thomson sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 72 (1857) |
Native Range | sc. China to ne. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3700-5800m |
Description | leaves imbricate, spathulate, 2-4mm, abaxially hirsute, flowers solitary on surface of cushion, sepals ovate, petals ovate to narrowly elliptic, 3-4mm long |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | orange 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, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |