Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga granulifera Harry Sm. sect. Mesogyne |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 259 (1960) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3100-4600m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, reniform to suborbiculate, 7-9-lobate, lobes broadly ovate, glabrous, stem leaves similar, flowers 1-10 in corymb, petals 5-8mm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white, yellowish |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |