Saxifraga nana Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants many branched, 1-1.5 cm tall, with numerous, crowded shoots forming cushions. Flowering stem scapose, 5-6 mm, glandular pubescent. Rosette leaves imbricate, subspatulate-oblong, 3-4 × 0.9-1 mm, leathery, glabrous, chalk gland 1, obscure, vein 1, apex ± reflexed, thickened. Flower solitary. Sepals erect, then spreading to reflexed, subelliptic to ovate, 1.4-1.5 × ca. 1 mm, subleathery, glabrous, veins 3, confluent into a verruca at apex, apex obtuse. Petals (if present) white, elliptic, ca. 2.5 × 1.4 mm, 3-veined, base contracted into a claw ca. 0.4 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 2.8 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, ca. 1.2 mm; styles erect, ca. 0.7 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) 0.01 - 0.02
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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

Saxifraga nana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794141-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136442
COL ID 6Y36Q
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Synonyms

Saxifraga nana Saxifraga octandra Saxifraga qinghaiensis Antiphylla nana Antiphylla octandra