Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga chrysospleniifolia Boiss. sect. Cotylea |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 20 (1843) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula to Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 0-900m |
Description | leaves in lax rosette, reniform, crenate or dentate, ciliate 3-8cm wide, decurrent to dilated petiole, flowers numerous in narrow panicle, petals broadly elliptic, 6-11mm |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga rhodopea Velen. Saxifraga rotundifolia ssp. chrysospleniifolia (Boiss.) D.A.Webb Saxifraga rotundifolia var. chrysospleniifolia (Boiss.) Podp. Saxifraga rotundifolia var. persenkea Podp. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, KRI Kriti, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |