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Saxifraga sibirica L. sect. Mesogyne 
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesSaxifraga sibirica L. sect. Mesogyne
BibliographySyst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1027 (1759)
Native Ranges. Bulgaria to ne. Greece, e. Europe to Subarctic and Temperate Asia, Subarctic America
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatshady rocks
Altitude0-5100m
Descriptionbasal leaves petiolate, reniform, 7-18mm, 7-9-lobed, lobes ovate to orbiculate, glandular pilose, stem leaves similar, corymb 2-13-flowered, petals obovate, 6-15mm long
Size10-25cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
division after flowering; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCymbalariella mollis (Sm.) Nappi
Cymbalariella sibirica (L.) Nappi
Evaiezoa exilis Raf.
Lobaria sibirica Haw.
Piarophylla sibirica (L.) Raf.
Saxifraga cymbalaria Steven
Saxifraga elegans Sternb.
Saxifraga exilis Stephan ex Sternb.
Saxifraga exilis f. minor Kurtz
Saxifraga grandiflora Sternb.
Saxifraga granigera K.Koch
Saxifraga lanuginosa Royle
Saxifraga macrantha Boiss.
Saxifraga mollis Sm.
Saxifraga odontophylla Wall. ex Sternb.
Saxifraga palmata Stephan ex Sternb.
Saxifraga pekinensis Maxim.
Saxifraga radiata Small
Saxifraga sibirica var. bockiana Engl.
Saxifraga sibirica ssp. mollis (Sm.) W.A.Matthews
Saxifraga sibirica var. pekinensis (Maxim.) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga sibirica var. eusibirica Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga sibirica var. pycnoloba Franch.
Saxifraga sibirica var. schindleri Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga stephaniana Sternb.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
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