Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes eriophora (S.Watson) Small sect. Dermasea |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 142 (1905) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1900-3000m |
Description | leaves 1-4cm long, ovate or oblong ovate, crenate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially red tomentose, petiolate base long ciliate, flowers to 1cm across in lax panicle |
Size | 8-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early spring |
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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 | Saxifraga eriophora S.Watson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |