Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga cernua L. sect. Mesogyne |
Synonyms | Saxifraga bulbifera Oeder |
Saxifraga simulata Small | |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | 0-5500m |
Description | stems thin, leaves reniform, with 5-7 acute lobes, lower leaves long petiolate, upper leaves axillary with small bulbils, flower 7-12mm across, solitary |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | rosette, tuft |
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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Tadzhikistan ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota , South Dakota ) Northeastern U.S.A. (New Hampshire ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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