Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga fragosoi Sennen sect. Saxifraga |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 27: 71 (1928) |
Native Range | sc. France to ne. Portugal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 600-2200m |
Description | viscid, glandular, basal leaves 5-15mm, flabellate, lobate or pinnate, petiolate, stem leaves entire or trifid, flowers 3-10, in panicle, petals 5-7mm long, elliptic |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga continentalis (Engl. & Irmsch.) D.A.Webb Saxifraga continentalis var. cantabrica (Engl.) D.A.Webb Saxifraga hypnoides var. anomala Luizet Saxifraga hypnoides var. australis Luizet Saxifraga hypnoides var. cantabrica Engl. Saxifraga hypnoides var. conspicua Luizet Saxifraga hypnoides ssp. continentalis Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga hypnoides var. gemmifera Ser. Saxifraga hypnoides var. lusitanica Lange ex Cout. Saxifraga hypnoides var. pungens Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga hypnoides var. stenopetala Font Quer |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) |