Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga williamsii Harry Sm. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 100 (1958) |
Native Range | Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4800m |
Description | leaves 4-5mm, obovate-linear, conspicuously ciliate, thin, without Ca pores, flowers sessile, solitary, petals 8mm long, persistent on capsule |
Size | 1-2cm |
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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |