Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga moorcroftiana (Ser.) Wall. ex Sternb. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Revis. Saxifrag., Suppl. 2: 28 (1831) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-5000m |
Description | stem leaves sessile, elliptic to oblong, 1-3cm, abaxially brown glandular pilose, semiaplexicaule, inflorescence corymbose, petals obovate, 8-10mm long, obtuse |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Hirculus moorcroftianus (Ser.) Losinsk. Saxifraga diversifolia var. moorcroftiana Ser. Saxifraga kuana Zhmylev Saxifraga lysimachoides Klotzsch Saxifraga nyanangensis J.T.Pan Saxifraga reflexa T.C.Ku |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |