Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes howellii (Greene) Small sect. Dermasea |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 140 (1905) |
Native Range | Oregon to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-900m |
Description | leaves 2-6cm, petiolate, oblong to ovate, coarsely dentate, inflorescence 5-20cm, open or dense, 5-15-flowered, sepals revolute, elliptic to ovate, petals 2-5mm long, obovate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga howellii Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |