Saxifraga hookeri Engl. & Irmsch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 9.5-23.5 cm tall. Stem brown crisped glandular villous. Basal leaves with petiole 3.5-4.3 cm, abaxially and marginally brown crisped glandular villous; leaf blade ovate, 1.9-2.1 × ca. 1.3 cm, abaxially and marginally brown villous, base cordate, apex acute. Cauline leaves 3-5; petiole 0.2-3.1 cm; leaf blade ovate, 1-2.2 cm × 5-13 mm; proximal ones brown villous abaxially and marginally; most distal one glandular villous adaxially and marginally. Cyme strongly corymbiform, 2.4-3.8 cm, 3-6-flowered or flower solitary; pedicels glandular hairy. Sepals erect to spreading, ovate, 3.3-3.8 × 2-2.3 mm, abaxially and marginally dark brown glandular hairy, veins 3-5, confluent at apex, apex acute. Petals yellow, oblong to broadly elliptic, 5-8.1 × 2-5.7 mm, (3 or)4-callose, 3-5-veined, base contracted into a claw 0.6-1 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 2.5-5.5 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid to ellipsoid, ca. 2-3.4 mm; styles 1.1-1.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.24
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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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 hookeri world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793824-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136263
COL ID 6Y2ST
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Synonyms

Saxifraga lamninamensis Saxifraga hookeri Saxifraga hookeri var. aequifolia Saxifraga hookeri var. glabrisepala Saxifraga hookeri var. smithii

Lower taxons

Saxifraga hookeri var. rolwalingensis