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Petrorhagia saxifraga Link

Saxifrage pink (en), Oeillet des rochers (fr), Pétrorhagie saxifrage (fr), Œillet saxifrage (fr), Œillet des rochers (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Petrorhagia

Characteristics

Cespitose perennial 0.5–4 dm, slender and freely branched; at least the lower internodes finely scabrous; lvs linear, 0.5–2(–3) cm, to 1(–2) mm wide, 1-veined, scabro-ciliolate toward the base; fls solitary (–3) at the branch-tips, closely subtended by 2(4) scarious bracts, these evidently shorter than the 5-veined, 3–6 mm cal; pet-blade short, pink or white, 3-veined, retuse or obcordate; seeds tuberculate; 2n=30, 60. Eurasian sp., cult. and sporadically escaped in our range, sometimes as a weed of lawns or roadsides. June–Oct. (Tunica s.)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture 4-8
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Petrorhagia saxifraga habit picture by Justus Müller-Kiefer (cc-by-sa)
Petrorhagia saxifraga habit picture by Patrice Nodet (cc-by-sa)
Petrorhagia saxifraga habit picture by Botasy (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Petrorhagia saxifraga leaf picture by Cyrille DELIRY (cc-by-sa)
Petrorhagia saxifraga leaf picture by Patrice Nodet (cc-by-sa)
Petrorhagia saxifraga leaf picture by Patrice Nodet (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Petrorhagia saxifraga flower picture by silvia mega (cc-by-sa)
Petrorhagia saxifraga flower picture by Franco Colnago (cc-by-sa)
Petrorhagia saxifraga flower picture by Rusudan Bregadze (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Petrorhagia saxifraga world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:155987-1
WFO ID wfo-0000395417
COL ID 776HP
BDTFX ID 48408
INPN ID 112809
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tunica saxifraga Gypsophila arenicola Gypsophila asperula Gypsophila multicaulis Gypsophila saxifraga Gypsophila scabra Dianthus filiformis Dianthus saxifragus Gypsophila eubonensis Gypsophila permixta Gypsophila rigida Kohlrauschia saxifraga Petrorhagia saxifraga var. saxifraga Petrorhagia saxifraga
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