Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga meeboldii Engl. & Irmsch. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 609 (1913) |
Native Range | Tibet to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4800m |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 3mm, oblong, obtuse, curvate, glabrous, in lower half ciliolate, flowers 3-5 in corymb, sepals oblong, 2mm, petals obovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |