Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga bracteata D.Don sect. Mesogyne |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 367 (1822) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to n. Japan, Aleutian Islands to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | sparsely pubescent, leaves reniform or orbiculate, 1-3cm wide, 5-7-lobate, lobes ovate, flowers in compact, bracteate cyme, sepals broadly ovate, petals oval, 5-6mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Saxifraga fauriei H.Boissieu Saxifraga laurentiana Ser. Saxifraga rivularis var. laurentiana (Ser.) Engl. Saxifraga vaginata C.Presl ex Sternb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) |