Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Saxifraga biflora All. sect. Porphyrion |
Bibliography | Fl. Pedem. 2: 71 (1785) |
Native Range | Alps |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2000-3200m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate or orbiculate, 5-9mm long, flowers 2-5, with yellow centre, 16-20mm across |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | purple, red, whitish |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antiphylla biflora (All.) Haw. Evaiezoa biflora (All.) Raf. Saxifraga biflora var. alba Vacc. Saxifraga biflora var. chanousiana Vacc. Saxifraga hornungii Shuttlew. Saxifraga rosea Lapeyr ex Steud. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |