Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga aphylla Sternb. sect. Saxifraga |
Bibliography | Revis. Saxifrag.: 40 (1810) |
Native Range | c. & e. Alps |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 1700-3200m |
Description | leaves crowded, cuneate, incised, segments 3-5, linear, sometimes leaves entire, flowers solitary, petals minute, acute, only a little longer as calyx lobes |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale greenish yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Muscaria stenopetala (Gaudin) Haw. Saxifraga leptophylla Froel. ex Ser. Saxifraga stenopetala Gaudin |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |