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Saxifraga aizoides L.

Yellow mountain saxifrage (en), Saxifrage faux orpin (fr), Saxifrage faux Aïzoon (fr), Saxifrage faux aizoon (fr), Saxifrage cilié (fr), Faux aizoon (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants loosely mat-or cushion-forming (stems mostly prostrate), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves cauline; petiole absent; blade linear to narrowly oblong, unlobed [with 2 toothlike lobes distally], 3-22 mm, succulent, margins entire, spinose-ciliate, sometimes eciliate, with 1(-5) lime-secreting hydathodes (not sunk in pits, secretions not obvious), apex obtuse or apiculate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2-15-flowered cymes or thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 2-15[-20] cm, glabrous or clear-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals spreading, triangular, margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals yellow to orange, sometimes orange-spotted, elliptic, 3-7 mm, ± equaling or exceeding sepals; ovary 1/2 inferior. 2n = 26.
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Matted from a branching caudex, the erect flowering stems 5–20 cm; lvs thick, linear-oblong, 1–2 cm × 2–4 mm, sessile, entire, sometimes ciliate, those of the flowering stems fewer but much like the others; cymes usually several-fld, often elongate; fls 5–8 mm wide, yellow, usually dotted with orange; 2n=26. Circumboreal, s. to Vt., w. N.Y., n. Mich., and B.C. June–Aug. (Leptasea a.)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Images

Habit

Saxifraga aizoides habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Saxifraga aizoides habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Saxifraga aizoides habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Saxifraga aizoides leaf picture by c Luebbers (cc-by-sa)
Saxifraga aizoides leaf picture by Pascal Werren (cc-by-sa)
Saxifraga aizoides leaf picture by Jiajun Zhang (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Saxifraga aizoides flower picture by koozmim (cc-by-sa)
Saxifraga aizoides flower picture by Scott Teddy (cc-by-sa)
Saxifraga aizoides flower picture by Tina Eckert (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Saxifraga aizoides fruit picture by Armand Dussex (cc-by-sa)
Saxifraga aizoides fruit picture by Laurent Ledante (cc-by-sa)
Saxifraga aizoides fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Saxifraga aizoides world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Greenland, Croatia, Iceland, Italy, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793159-1
WFO ID wfo-0000493868
COL ID 6Y2RK
BDTFX ID 60585
INPN ID 120965
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Saxifraga atrorubens Saxifraga autumnalis Muscaria crocea Evaiezoa aizoides Saxifraga crocea Saxifraga vanbruntiae Leptasea vanbruntiae Leptasea aizoides Saxifraga aizoidea Saxifraga aizoidoides Leptasea aizoides f. crocea Saxifraga aizoides var. crocea Saxifraga aizoides
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