Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga andersonii Engl. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 609 (1913) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-5500m |
Description | leaves crowded, obovate, convex, grey-green, with 3-7 Ca pores at apex, scape 25-35mm long, flowers 1-5 in cyme, petals 4-7mm long |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | ind |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |