Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes caroliniana (A.Gray) Small sect. Dermasea |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 146 (1905) |
Native Range | ec. USA (Appalachian Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-1200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to elliptic, thin, at base truncate, deeply dentate, sparsely glandular ciliate, densely white hirsute, flowers numerous in open thyrsus |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Micranthes grayana (Britton) Small Saxifraga careyana var. caroliniana (A.Gray) Engl. Saxifraga caroliniana A.Gray Saxifraga grayana Britton |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |