Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga microgyna Engl. & Irmsch. sect. Ciliatae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 604 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4900m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves elliptic to oblong, 5-7mm, glandular hirsute, acute, stem leaves narrowly elliptic, corymb 3-15-flowered, sepals erect, petals elliptic to oblong, 3mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | rose, yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hirculus angustatus Losinsk. Hirculus microgynus Losinsk. Saxifraga microgyna var. ramosior Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga microgyna f. uniflora T.C.Ku |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |