Saxifraga serpyllifola Pursh

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants mat-forming, not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves basal and cauline, (cauline 1-4); petiole absent; blade linear (cauline) or oblong to oblanceolate or spatulate, unlobed, 2-8.5 mm, fleshy, margins (recurved), entire, eciliate, apex obtuse, not mucronate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Inflorescences solitary flowers, 2-7 cm, sparsely to densely pink-to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals erect to spreading (reflexed in fruit, often purplish), broadly ovate to elliptic, margins eciliate or sometimes sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals pale yellow, rarely purple, faded when dried, not spotted, elliptic to obovate, 4-8 mm, longer than sepals; ovary superior. 2n = 16 (Russia).
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794521-1
WFO ID wfo-0000494561
COL ID 6Y378
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Synonyms

Saxifraga pallasiana Saxifraga fischeri Evaiezoa serpyllifolia Saxifraga bicolor Saxifraga serpyllifola Evaiezoa esholtzi Leptasea serpyllifolia