Saxifraga brevicaulis Harry Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 2-4 cm tall. Shoots numerous, with leaf rosettes. Stem slender, glandular hairy. Rosette leaves imbricate, narrowly obovate-spatulate, abaxially convex, adaxially concave, 3-4 × 1-1.5 mm, both surfaces glabrous, margin setose-ciliate, apex acute, aristate. Cauline leaves 3 or 4, obovate, oblong, or linear, 3-4 × 1-1.5 mm, both surfaces glabrous, margin setose-ciliate, apex acute, aristate. Flower solitary; bracts similar to cauline leaves, ca. 3.4 × 1.8 mm; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, densely glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate to oblong, 3-3.5 × 1.5-2.5 mm, both surfaces glabrous, veins 3, not confluent at apex, margin setose-ciliate, apex obtuse. Petals white, pink at base, obovate to narrowly so, 5-8 × 2.5-4 mm, not callose, 3-5-veined, base gradually narrowed into a claw 1-1.2 mm, apex rounded or retuse. Stamens ca. 3 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm; styles ca. 2.2 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.04
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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 brevicaulis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793317-1
WFO ID wfo-0000494649
COL ID 6Y34C
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Synonyms

Saxifraga brevicaulis