Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga tsangchanensis Franch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Pl. Delavay.: 233 (1878) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate to oblong, 6-12mm, acute, stem leaves oblong, 5-13mm, brown hirsute, flowers 1-3, sepals ovate, petals elliptic to obovate, 5-8mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
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 tsangchanensis Losinsk. Saxifraga crinalis Franch. Saxifraga kashmeriana U.Dhar & Kachroo Saxifraga quadricallosa Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |