Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga taygetea Boiss. & Heldr. sect. Cotylea |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 10: 19 (1849) |
Native Range | w. Balkan Peninsula to s. Greece |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves sparsely hirsute, minute, the lower long petiolate, reniform, broadly 5-9-crenate, stem leaves 0-2, flowers in corymbose panicle, petals elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Saxifraga taygetea ssp. chelmea Voliotis |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |