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Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch  
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesBergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch 
BibliographyVerh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 39: 587 (1889)
Native RangeSiberia to North Korea
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatshady rocks and woods
Altitude1100-1800m
Descriptionleaves basal, obovate to elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, shallowly dentate, basally cuneate, inflorescence cymose, 4-15cm, many flowered, petals elliptic to ovate, venose
Size15-30cm
Colorpurple
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C
division in spring and fall
SynonymsBergenia biflora Moench
Bergenia bifolia Moench
Bergenia cordifolia (Haw.) Sternb.
Bergenia coreana Nakai
Bergenia crassifolia var. cordifolia (Haw.) Boriss.
Bergenia crassifolia var. sajanensis Stepanov
Geryonia crassifolia (L.) Schrank ex Hoppe
Megasea cordifolia (Haw.) Haw.
Megasea crassifolia (L.) Haw.
Piarophyla cordifolia (Haw.) Raf.
Piarophyla elliptica Raf.
Saxifraga cordifolia Haw.
Saxifraga crassifolia L.
Saxifraga crassifolia var. elliptica Bunge
Saxifraga crassifolia var. obovata Ser.
Saxifraga crassifolia var. pauciflora Ser.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     36 China (CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
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