Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga jacquemontiana Decne. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Voy. Inde [V.Jacquemont] 4: 68 (1841) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to ne. Pakistan and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4000-5200m |
Description | leaves crowded, imbricate, spathulate, 5mm, adaxially glandular pilose, scapes hidden in cushion, flowers solitary, erect, petals elliptic, ca. 5mm long |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | orange yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Saxifraga parvicalyx Jacquem. ex Decne. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |