Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga coarctata W.W.Sm. sect. Saxifraga |
Bibliography | Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 194 (1911) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3800-4700m |
Description | leaves spathulate, 5-15mm, glabrous, acute, stem leaves glandular pilose, flowers 1-2, sepals erect, petals obovate to elliptic, 4-6mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 | Muscaria humilis (Engl. & Irmsch.) Losinsk. Saxifraga coarctata var. elliptica W.W.Sm. Saxifraga coarctata var. ellipticopetala Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga humilis Engl. & Irmsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |