Saxifraga carnosula Mattf.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 7-12 cm tall. Shoots few branched, with leaf rosettes. Flowering stem slender, glabrous, leafy. Shoot leaves spatulate, ca. 5.5 × 1.5 mm, carnose, glabrous, 3-veined. Cauline leaves oblong-linear, 5.5-11.5 × 1-2 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, 3-veined, margin setose-ciliate, apex obtuse. Flower solitary or cyme 2-flowered; pedicels slender, 1.4-2.7 cm, glabrous. Sepals spreading to reflexed, ovate to subelliptic, 1.4-2.5 × 0.6-1.4 mm, carnose, glabrous, veins 3 or 4, not confluent at apex, apex subobtuse or acute. Petals yellow, narrowly ovate to suboblong, 3.9-6 × 1.9-2.2 mm, 2-callose near base, 3-veined, base contracted into a claw 0.6-1 mm, apex subobtuse. Stamens 4.5-5.4 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid to ellipsoid, 2-3.5 mm; styles divergent, 1.5-1.7 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.12
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

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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 carnosula world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793382-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136307
COL ID 6XQQJ
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Synonyms

Saxifraga carnosula