Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga nigroglandulosa Engl. & Irmsch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 135 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3300-4800m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate, 6-14mm, glabrous, stem leaves lanceolate, 1-2cm long, dark brown hirsute, flowers solitary, sepals erect, petals elliptic, 7-13mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 | Hirculus maximoviczii Losinsk. Hirculus nigroglandulosus Losinsk. Saxifraga hirculus var. platypetala Franch. Saxifraga maximoviczii Losinsk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |