Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga spathularis Brot. sect. Gymnoptera |
Bibliography | Fl. Lusit. 1: 172 (1804) |
Native Range | Ireland, nc. Portugal to nw. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 20-2500m |
Description | petiole wide, flat, distinctly longer than ovate, spathulate or suborbiculate, 1-6cm long, coriaceous, glabrous, dentate blade, petals 4-5mm long |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | white with carmine dots |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Robertsonia hibernica Bree ex Sternb. Robertsonia serrata Haw. Saxifraga hibernica Sternb. Saxifraga serra Hoffmanns. Saxifraga serrata (Haw.) Otto Saxifraga serratifolia (D.Don) J.Mackay ex Rchb. Saxifraga umbrosa var. longipes Haw. Saxifraga umbrosa var. serratifolia D.Don Saxifraga umbrosa var. spathularis (Brot.) Cout. Saxifraga umbrosa ssp. spathularis (Brot.) Rothm. |
Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (IRE Ireland) 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal, SPA Spain) |