Saxifraga flagellaris Willd. ex Sternb.

Whiplash saxifrage (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants in solitary clumps, stoloniferous, slenderly rhizom-atous. Leaves basal and cauline; petiole absent; blade oblong-lanceolate or elliptic to obovate, unlobed, 5-20 mm, fleshy, margins entire, sparsely to densely, coarsely glandular-ciliate, distal sometimes ciliate, apex acute to ± obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2-3(-5)-flowered, lax cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, 1-15 cm, densely purplish-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals erect, elliptic or oblong-ovate, margins stipitate glandular-ciliate, surfaces stipitate-glandular; petals yellow, not spotted, elliptic to broadly obovate, 4-9(-10) mm, longer than sepals; ovary superior to ca. 1/2 inferior.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.12
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Saxifraga flagellaris unspecified picture

Distribution

Saxifraga flagellaris world distribution map, present in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russian Federation, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793657-1
WFO ID wfo-0000494161
COL ID 79QTY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Leptasea flagellaris Saxifraga aciculata Saxifraga flagellaris Saxifraga radicans Hirculus flagellaris Saxifraga flagellaris f. alta Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. flagellaris Saxifraga flagellaris var. flagellaris Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. aspera

Lower taxons

Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. platysepala Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. crandallii Saxifraga flagellaris var. crandallii Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. setigera