Saxifraga nanella Engl. & Irmsch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 1.2-4 cm tall. Shoots branched, sometimes forming cushions. Flowering stem brown glandular hairy. Shoots with terminal leaves aggregated into a rosette. Leaves subspatulate to suboblong or subovate, 3-8 × 1.5-3 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin glandular ciliate, glabrous, or proximally sparsely setose-ciliate, apex obtuse, glabrous. Flower solitary or cyme 2-5-flowered; pedicels glandular hairy or glabrate. Sepals spreading to reflexed, ovate to broadly so, 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-2 mm, carnose, abaxially glandular hairy or glabrous, adaxially and marginally glabrous, veins 3-5, partly or fully confluent at apex, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, proximally orange spotted, elliptic to ovate, 4.1-5 × 2-2.2 mm, 2-callose or not callose near base, 5-veined, base with a claw 0.5-0.6 mm, apex obtuse or acute. Stamens ca. 3.5 mm. Ovary subsuperior, broadly ovoid, ca. 3 mm; styles ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.04
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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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 nanella world distribution map, present in China and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794142-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136348
COL ID 6Y372
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Synonyms

Saxifraga nanella Saxifraga nanella var. nanella

Lower taxons

Saxifraga nanella var. glabrisepala