Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes bryophora (A.Gray) Brouillet & Gornall sect. Arabisa |
Bibliography | J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020 (2007) |
Native Range | Idaho, California |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1600-4500m |
Description | leaves 1-4cm, carnose, sessile, linear-elliptic, entire or denticulate, inflorescence 3-25cm, lax, sepals revolute, elliptic, petals 3-5mm long, triangular to ovate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Hydatica bryophora (A.Gray) Small Saxifraga bryophora A.Gray Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae J.W.Grimmes & P.L.Packard Spatularia bryophora (A.Gray) Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |