Saxifraga litangensis Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, densely cespitose, 3.5-7.5 cm tall. Stem shortly brown glandular hairy, crisped glandular villous at leaf axils. Basal leaves with petiole ca. 7.5 mm, proximally brown crisped glandular villous, distally glandular hairy; leaf blade suboblong, ca. 6 × 2.5 mm, brown glandular hairy. Cauline leaves sessile, oblong to linear-oblong, 0.8-1.4 cm × 2-3 mm, crisped glandular villous at base, brown glandular hairy elsewhere. Cyme 2-or 3-flowered or flower solitary; pedicels 3-7(-14) mm, shortly brown glandular hairy. Sepals erect to spreading, ovate to elliptic, 2.1-3.8 × 1.8-2.2 mm, abaxially and marginally dark brown glandular hairy, veins 4-7, not confluent at apex. Petals yellow, ovate or subobovate to suboblong, 6-7 × 3-3.3 mm, 2-callose, 5-7-veined, base subcordate, with a claw 0.5-0.8 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Stamens 3-4.3 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid to broadly so, 2.8-3.8 mm; styles divergent, 1-3 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.08
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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 litangensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793989-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136188
COL ID 6XR86
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Synonyms

Saxifraga litangensis f. minor Saxifraga litangensis Hirculus litangensis