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Saxifraga compacta Adams sect. Trachyphyllum 
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesSaxifraga compacta Adams sect. Trachyphyllum
BibliographyNouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 239 (1834)
Native RangeSiberia
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionbasal leaves subulate, rigid, densely imbricate, adaxially flat, entire, glabrous, white mucronate, stem leaves smaller, flowers 3-5 in cyme, petals broadly lanceolate
Size5-12cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsSaxifraga bronchialis ssp. compacta (Adams) Malyschev
Saxifraga bronchialis var. congesta Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, YAK Yakutskiya)
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