Saxifraga mucronulata Royle

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Stem 2-4 cm tall, densely glandular pubescent. Stolons arising from axils of basal leaves, densely glandular hairy. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette, spatulate to linear-spatulate, 8-9.5 × 1.6-2 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin eglandular setose-ciliate, longest bristles 0.5-1.1 mm, apex mucronate. Cauline leaves linear, ca. 6.2 × 1 mm, abaxially and marginally glandular hairy, apex mucronate. Cyme compact, 7-14 mm, 2-5-flowered, or flower solitary; pedicels to 3 mm, glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate to narrowly so, ca. 2.5 × 1 mm, abaxially and marginally glandular hairy, veins 3, not or partly confluent at apex, apex subacuminate. Petals yellow, obovate to elliptic, 4.3-4.4 × 2-2.2 mm, not callose, 5-or 6-veined, base abruptly narrowed into a claw 0.4-0.5 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 1.1-1.5 mm. Ovary semi-inferior, ovoid; styles divergent, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.04
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Saxifraga mucronulata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794117-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136446
COL ID 79R6F
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Synonyms

Saxifraga mucronulata Saxifraga spinulosa Saxifraga flagellarioides Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. megistantha Saxifraga flagellaris var. mucronulata Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. mucronulata