Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga pulvinaria Harry Sm. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 105 (1958) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Himalaya and nw. Yunnan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3800-5850m |
Description | very small rosettes, 3-5mm wide, leaves pale green, oblong to linear, with single pore at apex, flowers solitary, sessile, petals with yellow base, 4-5mm long |
Size | 4-6cm |
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 |
Synonyms | Saxifraga ciliata Walp. Saxifraga imbricata Royle Saxifraga imbricata var. rubescens Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga pulvinaria var. rubescens (Engl. & Irmsch.) Wadhwa |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |