Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga saxorum Harry Sm. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 103 (1958) |
Native Range | e. Himalaya (Bhutan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | rosettes 4mm wide, leaves linear, obtuse, with single terminal pore and few glandular hairs at base, flowers solitary, sessile, petals 3-4mm long, obovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |