Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga nanella Engl. & Irmsch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 114: 44 (1914) |
Native Range | sc. China to s. Xinjiang and c. & w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-5800m |
Description | leaves oblong to ovate, 3-8mm, glabrous, glandular ciliate, flowers 1-5, sepals patent, ovate, petals elliptic to ovate, orange punctate, 4-5mm long |
Size | 1-4cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |