Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Boykinia richardsonii (Hook.) Rothr. |
Bibliography | Rep. (Annual) Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1867: 447 (1868) |
Native Range | Alaska to Yukon |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-1700m |
Description | stems glandular pubescent, basal leaves long petiolate, reniform, shallowly orbiculate-lobate, glandular crenate, stem leaves cuneate, flowers in dense spicate panicle |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Hemieva richardsonii (Hook.) Raf. Saxifraga nelsoniana Hook. & Arn. Saxifraga richardsonii Hook. Therofon richardsonii (Hook.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |