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Saxifraga rufescens is a small perennial herb in the saxifrage family, native to mountain forests, meadows and rock crevices from western China to Myanmar. It is a species with three accepted varieties, and it is a hardy alpine-type plant grown mainly by specialist collectors.
Saxifraga rufescens is a herbaceous plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.
The native range of S. rufescens var. rufescens is Tibet, Sichuan, west Hubei, Yunnan in China to Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome. It grows in forests and its margins, scrubs, alpine meadows, rock crevices, slopes, wetlands at sides of valleys. It is usually found between the altitudes of 600m and 4000m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saxifraga rufescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
