Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes foliolosa (R.Br.) Gornall sect. Arabisa |
Bibliography | J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020 (2007) |
Native Range | Subarctic to ne. USA, Colorado |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves sessile, oblanceolate, carnose, at base cuneate, subentire, sparsely ciliate, glabrescent, flowers 2-5 in narrow cylindrical thyrsus, petals with yellow basal patch |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 | Hydatica foliolosa (R.Br.) Small Saxifraga comosa (Retz.) J.Fellm. Saxifraga foliolosa R.Ber. Saxifraga foliosa D.Dietr. Saxifraga stellaris f. comosa (Retz.) Wahlenb. Saxifraga stelaris ssp. comosa (Retz.) Braun.-Blanq. Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retz. Spatularia foliolosa (R.Br.) Small |
Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine) |