Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes spicata (D.Don) Small sect. Calthophyllum |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 146 (1905) |
Native Range | Alaska to Yukon |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves suborbiculate, thick, 3-5cm wide, dentate, conspicuosly glandular dentate, minutely pubescent, at base cordate, cymules few flowered, producing thyrsus |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Micranthes galacifolia (Small) Small Saxifraga galacifolia Small Saxifraga spicata D.Don Saxifraga spicata f. foliacea Engl. & Irnsch. Saxifraga spicata f. galacifolia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga spicata f. scaposa Engl. & Irmsch. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |