Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga androsacea L. sect. Saxifraga |
Synonyms | Saxifraga lanceolata Haw. |
Saxifraga multinervis Dulac | |
Saxifraga pyrenaica Scop. | |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | leaves 5-10mm, obovate, spathulate to oblanceolate, entire or at apex trilobate, sparsely glandular ciliate, flowers 1-3, calyx campanulate, petals 4-5mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette, cushion |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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