Saxifraga chrysantha A.Gray

Goldbloom saxifrage (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants mat-forming, not stolon-iferous, slenderly rhizomatous. Leaves basal and cauline, (basal crowded, cauline 3-5+); petiole absent; blade linear-oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, unlobed, (2-)3-10(-12) mm, fleshy, margins (recurved), entire, eciliate, sometimes sparsely glandular-ciliate, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences 2(-3)-flowered cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, 2-8 cm, sparsely pink-to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals strongly reflexed, oblong to ovate, margins densely glandular-ciliate, sometimes eciliate, surfaces stipitate-glandular; petals bright golden yellow, sometimes orange-tipped proximally, not spotted, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 4-8 mm, longer than sepals; ovary superior.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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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 chrysantha world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:284639-2
WFO ID wfo-0001135656
COL ID 79R2N
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Synonyms

Saxifraga chrysantha Leptasea chrysantha Saxifraga serpyllifolia subsp. chrysantha