Saxifraga chrysanthoides Engl. & Irmsch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 1-3 cm tall. Shoots branched, with leaf rosettes. Flowering stem brown pilose. Rosette leaves suboblanceolate, ca. 6 × 1.5 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, 3-veined, margin cartilaginous setose-ciliate distally, apex obtuse to acute, mucronate. Cauline leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 4-8 × 1-1.3 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, 3-veined, margin cartilaginous setose-ciliate distally, apex mucronate. Flower solitary; pedicel 5-10 mm, brown pilose. Sepals spreading to reflexed, oblong, 2.9-4 × ca. 1.5 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, veins 5, confluent at apex, margin often setose-ciliate distally. Petals yellow, elliptic, 5-6 × 2-3 mm, not callose, 5-veined, base abruptly narrowed into a claw ca. 0.8 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 2-3 mm. Ovary subsuperior, broadly ovoid, 2-2.5 mm; styles ca. 1 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) 0.01 - 0.03
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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 chrysanthoides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793421-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136363
COL ID 6XR35
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Synonyms

Saxifraga chrysanthoides Hirculus chrysanthoides