Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga georgei J.Anthony subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 33 (1933) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-5400m |
Description | leaves pale green, 2-3.5mm long, with single terminal Ca pore, flowers solitary, subsessile, petals obovate, 5mm long |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |