Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes reflexa (Hook.) Small sect. Dermasea |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L. Brritton & al., eds.] 22: 146 (1905) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to British Columbia |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-1800m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to broadly ovate, 1-3cm, carnose, at base attenuate, shallowly serrate, densely ciliate, russet hirsute, flowers numerous in thyrsus, petals 2-4mm |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Micranthes yukonensis Small Saxifraga radulina Greene Saxifraga reflexa Hook. Saxifraga reflexa var. yukonensis (Small) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga yukonensis (Small) Fedde Steiransia reflexa (Hook.) Raf. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |