Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga crandallii Gand. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 30 (1918) |
Native Range | wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-4300m |
Description | stoloniferous, glandular-hispid, leaves in rosettes, flat, broadly obovate-spathulate, mucronate, scabrously ciliate, flowers 4-7 in lax cyme, calyx red |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hirculus platysepalus ssp. crandallii (Gand.) W.A.Weber Saxifraga flagellaris ssp. crandallii (Gand.) Hultén Saxifraga flagellaris var. crandallii (Gand.) Dorn Saxifraga platysepala ssp. crandallii (Gand.) Tolm. ex Á.Löve & al. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |