Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Telesonix heucheriformis (Rydb.) Rydb. |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 126 (1905) |
Native Range | Alberta to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, usually reniform, sometimes lobate, cordate, crenate, rounded, pedicellate-glandular, flowers in cylindrical panicle, sepals purple green |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Boykinia heucheriformis (Rydb.) Rosend. Boykinia jamesii var. heucheriformis (Rydb.) Engl. Saxifraga heucheriformis (Rydb.) M.E.Jones Telesonix jamesii var. heucheriformis (Rydb.) Bacig. Therofon heucheriforme Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |