Saxifraga georgei J.Anthony

Species

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Characteristics

Plants many branched, cespitose, with crowded shoots forming cushions. Shoot leaves opposite; leaf blade ovate, ca. 3 × 2 mm, rather thick, glabrous, chalk gland 1, apex subacute. Flower solitary, sessile. Sepals erect, broadly ovate, ca. 2 × 2 mm, abaxially and marginally glandular pilose, chalk gland 1, veins 3, confluent at apex, apex subobtuse, glabrous. Petals white, obovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, 3-5-veined, base contracted into a claw, apex obtuse. Stamens longer than sepals. Ovary ovoid; styles rather long. Fl. Jul-Aug.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Saxifraga georgei world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793708-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136485
COL ID 79QSJ
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Synonyms

Saxifraga georgei