Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga crustata Vest sect. Ligulatae |
Bibliography | Bot. Zeitung [Regensburg] 3: 95 (1804) |
Native Range | e. Alps to nw. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves lorate, acute, 15-60mm long, grey, incrusted, flowers 8-11mm across, in narrow, shortly ramose panicle, petals often red punctate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga cotyledon var. incrustata Vest Saxifraga crustacea Hoppe Saxifraga incrustata Farrer Saxifraga kerneri Beck Saxifraga longifolia var. minor Roth Saxifraga vochinensis Farrer |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |