Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga umbellulata Hook.f. & Thomson sect. Ciliatae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4700m |
Description | leaves spathulate, 8-13mm, glabrous, obtuse, stem leaves oblong, 4-7mm, glandular hirsute, umbel 2-23 flowered, sometimes ramose, sepals erect, petals oblong, 6-9mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow, white, pink |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
umbellulata muricola (C.Marquand & Airy Shaw) J.T.Pan, Fl. Xizang. 2: 494 (1985)
umbellulata pectinata C.Marquand & Airy Shaw, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 183 (1929)
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