Saxifraga aurantiaca Franch.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 4-10.5 cm tall. Shoots branched, with leaf rosettes. Flowering stem branched, brown glandular hairy, leafy. Rosette leaves elliptic to spatulate-oblong, 3-6 × 1-1.6 mm, carnose, glabrous on both surfaces or abaxially sparsely setose, margin setose-ciliate, apex acute, mucronate. Cauline leaves oblong or lanceolate to linear, 4-7 × 0.5-2 mm, largest near middle of stem, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin eglandular ciliate on proximal leaves, glandular ciliate on distal leaves, sparsely setose-ciliate near apex, apex obtuse or acute, mucronate. Cyme 2-12-flowered, occasionally flower solitary; pedicels slender, 0.6-1.7 cm, proximally dark brown glandular hairy. Sepals reflexed, ovate, 1.4-2.3 × 1-1.4 mm, carnose, glabrous or sparsely glandular hairy, veins 3, not confluent at apex, apex obtuse or acute. Petals yellow, proximally purple or orange spotted, ovate to suboblong, 3.3-5.9 × 1.5-2.6 mm, 2-callose near base, 3-5-veined, base narrowed into a claw 0.3-1 mm, apex obtuse or acute. Stamens 1.5-4 mm. Ovary subsuperior, broadly ovoid, 1.5-2.2 mm; styles 0.3-1.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.11
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

Saxifraga aurantiaca world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793254-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136308
COL ID 79R3S
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Saxifraga aurantiaca Saxifraga confertifolia Saxifraga gatogombensis Saxifraga wangiana Hirculus confertifolius Hirculus gatogombensis Saxifraga confertifolia var. glabrifolia