Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga montis-christi Mannocci & al. sect. Saxifraga |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 284: 123 (2016) |
Native Range | Italy |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 200-550m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, carnose, orbiculate or flabellate, cuneate-cordate, lobate, crenate, densely glandular-hirsute, flowers 15-20mm in compact cyme |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous 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 of tubers in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |