Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga rivularis L sect. Mesogyne |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 404 (1753) |
Native Range | Subarctic to New Hampshire |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves petiolate, reniform, 3-7-lobate, thinly carnose, entire, eciliate, glabrous, flowers 2-5 in cyme, sepals elliptic to ovate, glabrous, petals oblong |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Evaiezoa laurentiana Raf. Evaiezoa rivularis (L.) Raf. Lobaria rivularis (L.) Haw. Saxifraga chamissonis Sternb. ex Ser. Saxifraga cymbalaria Sternb. ex Ser. Saxifraga dissimilis G.Don Saxifraga petiolaris R.Br. Saxifraga pusilla Sternb. Saxifraga rivalis Uspenski Saxifraga rivularis var. stricta Engl. |
Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, YUK Yukon) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWH New Hampshire) |