Rock Garden Plants
Saxifraga caucasica Sommier & Levier subsect. Porophyllum 
Home
Families
Genus
Territory
Habitat
Synonyms
Types
Galery
Info
FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesSaxifraga caucasica Sommier & Levier subsect. Porophyllum
BibliographyBull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1893: 525 (1893)
Native RangeCaucasus
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Altitude1800-3600m
Descriptionleaves dark green, acute, lanceolate, 7-9mm long, inflorescence spherical, flowers 5-7, petals 2.5-3mm long, hardly longer then sepals
Size5-10cm
Coloryellow
Bloomearly spring
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsSaxifraga desoulavyi Oett.
Saxifraga sosnowskyi Manden.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
Version 10.0
(c) 1990-2025 RNDr. Pavel Slabý