Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga aurantiaca Franch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Pl. Delavay.: 236 (1890) |
Native Range | c. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | leaves elliptic to spathulate-oblong, 3-6mm long, glabrous, setose-ciliate, mucronate, stem leaves linear, cyme 2-12-flowered, petals ovate, 3-6mm long, variegate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | orange yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hirculus confertifolius Losinsk. Hirculus gatogombensis Losinsk. Saxifraga biflora T.C.Ku Saxifraga confertifolia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga confertifolia var. glabrifolia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga gatogombensis Engl. Saxifraga wangiana Zhmylev |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) |