Saxifraga pulchra Engl. & Irmsch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants many branched, ca. 3.9 cm tall, with shoots forming cushions. Flowering stem 1.5-3.5 cm, dark brown glandular hairy. Shoot leaves aggregated into a rosette, ovate-oblong, 5.5-7 × ca. 2.5 mm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, chalk glands 7-11, margin setose-ciliate proximally, apex rather recurved, acute. Cauline leaves subspatulate, ca. 5.7 × 1 mm, leathery, abaxially and marginally brown glandular hairy proximally, chalk glands 5-8, apex acute. Cyme compact, ca. 6-flowered; bracts oblong, ca. 4.4 × 1.4 mm, leathery, abaxially and marginally brown glandular hairy proximally, chalk gland 1, apex acute; pedicels ca. 1 mm, sparsely glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate to subelliptic, 2.4-3 × 1.5-2 mm, abaxially sparsely glandular hairy proximally, veins 3-5, not confluent at apex, margin usually glabrous, rarely sparsely glandular ciliate, apex obtuse or acute. Petals pink or purple, narrowly obovate, 4-5 × 2-2.7 mm, 3-veined, base contracted into a claw ca. 1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 3-4.3 mm. Ovary semi-inferior; styles 5-7 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Sep.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04
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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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Images

Saxifraga pulchra unspecified picture

Distribution

Saxifraga pulchra world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794355-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136420
COL ID 6Y2Y9
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Synonyms

Chondrosea pulchra Saxifraga pulchra