Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes melaleuca (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Losinsk. sect. Calthophyllum |
Bibliography | Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 601 (1928) |
Native Range | Siberia to ne. Amur and n. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves obovate to suborbiculate, obscurely dentate, narrowly petiolate, inflorescence racemose-paniculate, flowers 10-12mm, petals elliptic |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga altaica Stephan ex Ledeb. Saxifraga melaleuca Fisch. ex Spreng. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur) 37 Mongolia |