Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga smalliana (Engl. & Irmsch.) ined. sect. Porphyrion |
Bibliography | ined. |
Native Range | Alaska to Yukon |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | densely caespitose, leaves numerous, approximate, oblong to broadly spathulate, 1-3mm, coriaceous, ciliate, flowers solitary, terminal, sepals finely glandular-pubescent |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antiphylla pulvinata (Small) Small Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. glandulisepala Hultén Saxifraga oppositifolia subvar. smalliana Engl. & Irmsch, Saxifraga pulvinata Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |