Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga maweana Baker |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron. 1871: 1355 (1871) |
Native Range | Morocco (w. Rif) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves carnose, ternate, leaflets bipinnatipartite, new shoots in lower half purple, flowers 4-9, petals over 1cm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |