Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga stolitzkae Duthie ex Engl. & Irmsch. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV. 117: 569 (1919) |
Native Range | Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | rosettes flat, leaves grey, spathulate, intensely incrusted, scapes thin, densely shortly glandular hirsute, inflorescence cymose, anthers red-orange to red |
Size | 5-10cm |
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, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |