Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga aleutica Hultén sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 522 (1936) |
Native Range | Aleutian Islands |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 100-600m |
Description | taproot, leaves carnose, glabrous, oblong to spathulate, to 5mm long, flowers 3-5mm across, capsules ovoid, 3-5mm long |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | greenish yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is.) |