Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga strigosa Wall. ex Ser. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 4: 41 (1830) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1800-4200m |
Description | middle stem leaves arranged in rosette, ovate to oblong, 1-3cm, strigose, dentate, flowers 1-10, petals red-brown variegate, ovate to elliptic, 2-3mm long |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hirculus strigosus (Wall. ex Ser.) Losinsk. Saxifraga echinophora H.Lév. Saxifraga strigosa var. ramosa (Engl. & Irmsch.) H.Chuang Saxifraga strigosa f. ramosa Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga strigosa f. simplex Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga strigosa f. subasexualis Engl. & Irmsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |