Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga cherlerioides D.Don sect. Trachyphyllum |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 382 (1822) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | basal leaves 3-5cm, crowded, oblong to oblong-spathulate, tipped with spine, ciliate, floral stems thin, glandular pubescent, leafy, flowers solitary, petals 3mm long |
Size | 1-4cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Ciliaria cherlerioides (D.Don) H.Hara Leptasea cherlerioides (D.Don) Small Saxifraga ascoldica Sipliv. Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. cherlerioides (D.Don) Hultén Saxifraga bronchialis var. cherlerioides (D.Don) Engl. Saxifraga cherlerioides ssp. ascoldica (Sipliv.) Vorosch. Saxifraga cherlerioides var. microglobularis (A.P.Khokhr.) Zhmylev Saxifraga cherlerioides var. xerophylla (A.P.Khokhr.) Zhmylev Saxifraga densa Willd. ex Sternb. Saxifraga derbekii ssp. xerophylla A.P.Khokhr. Saxifraga khokhrjakovii Zhmylev Saxifraga kruhsiana Fisch. ex Ser. Saxifraga microglobularis A.P.Khokhr. Saxifraga nitida var. glabra Regel & Tiling Saxifraga pseudoburseriana Fisch. ex Cham. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |