Saxifraga sessiliflora Harry Sm.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 2-3 cm tall. Shoots numerous, with leaf rosettes. Rosette leaves imbricate, narrowly obovate-spatulate, abaxially convex, adaxially concave, 4-6 × 1.4-2.5 mm, both surfaces glabrous, margin setose-ciliate, apex obtuse, aristate. Flower solitary, sessile or subsessile; pedicel 0-1 mm, glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate, 3-4 × 2-3 mm, both surfaces glabrous, veins 3, not confluent at apex, margin setose-ciliate, apex obtuse. Petals white, pink at base, broadly elliptic to broadly ovate, 5-9 × 3-5 mm, not callose, 5-veined, base gradually narrowed into a claw 1-2.5 mm, apex rounded or retuse. Stamens ca. 3 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm; styles ca. 2.2 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.03
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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 sessiliflora world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794527-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136305
COL ID 6Y38W
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Synonyms

Saxifraga gyacaensis Saxifraga sessiliflora