Saxifraga hypericoides Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, densely cespitose, 11.5-19 cm tall. Stem brown crisped glandular villous (hairs denser near nodes) and shortly glandular hairy. Basal leaves numerous, caducous; petiole 1.5-4 mm, brown crisped glandular villous at margin; leaf blade oblong to linear or elliptic, 2.5-3 × 0.8-1 mm, brown pubescent, sometimes glandular, apex acute. Cauline leaves with petiole 1.2-2 mm, abaxially glandular hairy, margin brown crisped glandular villous at base; leaf blade oblanceolate to narrowly oblong or elliptic to oblong, 0.8-1.3 cm × 1.9-4 mm, glandular pubescent on both surfaces and at margin, base gradually tapered, apex acute or mucronate. Cyme 2-4(-8)-flowered or flower solitary; pedicels slender, 0.6-2.9 cm, glandular hairy. Sepals erect to spreading, broadly ovate or subelliptic to narrowly ovate, 1.9-2.6 × 1.2-1.5 mm, abaxially glandular hairy, veins 3, not confluent at apex, margin usually glabrous, occasionally glandular hairy, apex obtuse, sometimes erose. Petals yellow or orange, narrowly ovate to oblong, 4-5.3 × 1.7-2 mm, 2-callose near base, sometimes obscurely so, 3-or 4(or 5)-veined, base rounded or obtuse, or cordate and contracted into a claw 0.2-0.4 mm, apex obtuse or acute. Stamens 1.7-4.8 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, 2-2.5 mm; styles 1.5-5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.19
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

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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 hypericoides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793838-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136177
COL ID 6XR56
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Saxifraga hypericoides f. longipetala Saxifraga hypericoides Saxifraga longistyla Saxifraga hypericoides f. longistyla Saxifraga hypericoides var. hypericoides Saxifraga macrostigma var. hypericoides Saxifraga peplidifolia var. angustipetala Saxifraga hypericoides var. longistyla

Lower taxons

Saxifraga hypericoides var. likiangensis Saxifraga hypericoides var. aurantiascens Saxifraga hypericoides var. rockii