Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga kumaunensis Engl. subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 117: 573 (1919) |
Native Range | c. & wc. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4800m |
Description | stem leaves linear-oblong, 4mm long, with single terminal Ca pore, flowers solitary, subsessile, petals 4-5mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |