Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga densifoliata Engl. & Irmsch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 570 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China to s. Tibet. |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | lower stem leaves spathulate, 3-4mm, glabrous, middle leaves crowded, oblong, 8mm long, glabrous, mucronate, cyme 2-7-flowered, petals oblong, 6-7mm long, orange spotted |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hirculus densifoliatus Losinsk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |