Saxifraga heterotricha C.Marquand & Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs 6-12 cm tall. Stem simple or sparsely branched, distally sparsely dark brown glandular or mostly eglandular hairy. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette; leaf blade narrowly ovate to oblong or spatulate, 3-5.2 × 1.2-2.1 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin cartilaginous setose-ciliate, apex acute, aristulate. Cauline leaves remote, ovate to obovate or oblong, 3-7 × 1-3.2 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin dark brown glandular ciliate, apex subobtuse or acute. Cyme 3.5-4.5 cm, 2-6-flowered or flower solitary; pedicels slender, 1.8-2.2 cm, dark brown glandular hairy. Sepals reflexed, subovate, 1.6-2 × 0.8-1.4 mm, glabrous or abaxially dark brown glandular hairy, veins 3, not confluent at apex, apex obtuse or acute. Petals yellow, proximally orange spotted, narrowly ovate to oblong, ca. 4.8-6.2 × 1.4-2.5 mm, 4-6-callose, 3-veined, base tapered, or contracted into a claw 0.7-1.1 mm, apex subobtuse or acute. Stamens 3-4.5 mm. Ovary subsuperior, narrowly ovoid to ellipsoid, 2-2.5 mm; styles 1-2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.12
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Saxifraga heterotricha world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793800-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136311
COL ID 6Y357
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Synonyms

Saxifraga heterotricha Saxifraga heterotricha var. heterotricha

Lower taxons

Saxifraga heterotricha var. anadena