| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Micranthes merkii (Fisch. ex Sternb.) Elven & D.F.Murray sect. Merkianae |
| Bibliography | J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 440 (2008) |
| Native Range | s. & e. Siberia to n. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Description | stems densely glandular, leaves lanceolate, acuminate, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely pilose, sometimes tridentate, flowers 1-8, 10-15mm across, sepals ciliate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 | Ciliaria merkii H.Hara Leptasea merkii (Fisch. ex Sternb.) Kom. Saxifraga helianthemifolia Willd. ex Sternb. Saxifraga merkii Fisch. ex Sternb. Saxifraga merkii ssp. myosotifolia (D.Don) Zhmylev Saxifraga merkii f. robusta (Takeda) T.Shimizu Saxifraga merkii var. robusta Takeda Saxifraga myosotifolia D.Don |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |