Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga quadrifaria Engl. & Irmsch. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 117: 575 (1919) |
Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2800-3000m |
Description | leaves not in rosette, ovate, mucronate, green, small, flowers sessile, completely open, 6-10mm, petals obovate, revolute, anthers orange to purple |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |