Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga lilacina Duthie subsect. Porophyllum |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 35: 290 (1904) |
Native Range | ne. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | rosettes flat, open, leaves lorate to linear-oblong, obtuse, succulent, green, flowers 13-16mm across, petals with branched violet veins, anthers red-violet |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |