Saxifraga mertensiana Bong.

Wood saxifrage (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants solitary or in clumps, not stoloniferous, with caudex or short-rhizomatous. Leaves basal and cauline, (basal persistent, cauline ± inconspicuous); petiole rounded, 2-20 mm; blade round to reniform, irregularly shallowly lobed, 20-80(-100) mm, thin, margins serrate, stipitate glandular-ciliate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely hairy. Inflorescences 30+-flowered, open, much-branched thyrses, usually some or all flowers replaced by bulbils (sometimes bulbils absent), 15-40 cm, dark purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts (± inconspicuous), petiolate or sessile. Flowers: sepals reflexed (at least in fruit), ovate to elliptic, margins eciliate, surfaces sparsely stipitate-glandular or glabrous; petals white, not spotted, narrowly ovate to elliptic, (3-)4-6 mm, longer than sepals; filaments strongly club-shaped; ovary superior. 2n = 36, ca. 48, 50.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Lowland to montane areas, chiefly on wet banks and along gravelly streams.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Edible flowers leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Images

Leaf

Saxifraga mertensiana leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Saxifraga mertensiana world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794070-1
WFO ID wfo-0001135671
COL ID 6XQW9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Saxifraga mertensiana f. eastwoodiae Saxifraga mertensiana f. mertensiana Saxifraga mertensiana Micranthes mertensiana Saxifraga heterantha Steiranisia heterantha Heterisia mertensiana Saxifraga eastwoodiae Heterisia eastwoodiae Saxifraga mertensiana var. eastwoodiae