Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga heterotricha C.Marquand & Airy Shaw sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 177 (1929) |
Native Range | s. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | leaves ovate to spathulate, 3-5mm, carnose, glabrous, acute, stem leaves oblong, 1-3mm long, cyme 1-6-flowered, flowers pedicellate, petals ovate to oblong, 4-6mm, orange punctate |
Size | 6-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |