Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes atrata (Engl.) Losinsk. sect. Calthophyllum |
Bibliography | Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 601 (1928) |
Native Range | nc. China to ne. Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, 12-25mm, glabrous, crenate-serrate, ciliate, inflorescence cylindrical, 7-25-flowered, sepals reflexed, ovate, petals ovate to elliptic, 3-4mm long |
Size | 7-23cm |
Color | white |
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 after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga atrata Engl. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |