Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga hypostoma Harry Sm. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 103 (1958) |
Native Range | Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4300-5200m |
Description | rich green to silvery, leaves 4mm, carnose, oblong-oval to broadly elliptic, acuminate, margins of leaves in upper half whitish and translucent, flower sessile in leaf rosette |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |