Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Suksdorfia violacea A.Gray |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15: 42 (1880) |
Native Range | w. Canada to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | basal leaves at anthesis caducous, thinly petiolate, coarsely crenate-lobate, stem leaves 3-5, flowers 2-10 in lax raceme, petals suberect, 6-9mm long, oblanceolate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | violet, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Hemieva violacea Wheelock |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |