Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (D.Don) Ser. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 4: 48 (1830) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-2300m |
Description | leaves glabrous, mostly basal, narrowly obovate to elliptic, 3-15cm, crenate-serrate, adaxially bright green, inflorescence in fruit elongate, petals unequal |
Size | 15-35cm |
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 spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Saxifraga coriacea Fisch. ex Ser. Saxifraga micrantha Fisch. ex Ser. Saxifraga parviflora Fisch. ex Cham. Saxifraga pyrolifolia D.Don Saxifraga secunda Willd. ex Cham. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |