Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes tolmiei (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet & Gornall sect. Intermediae |
Bibliography | J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1022 (2007) |
Native Range | Kamtschatka, Alaska to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 500-4000m |
Description | basal leaves 2-8mm, crowded, very thick, oval to oblong, obtuse, glabrous, floral stems glandular, leafless, flowers 1-few, petals elliptic to spathulate, 5-6mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale yellow, white |
Bloom | summer |
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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 | Leptasea ledifolia (Greene) Small Leptasea tolmiei (Torr. & A.Gray) Small Saxifraga ledifolia Greene Saxifraga tolmiei Torr. & A.Gray Saxifraga tolmiei var. ledifolia (Greene) Engl. & Irmsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |