Saxifraga stenophylla Royle

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Stem 5-17.5 cm tall, densely glandular hairy. Stolons arising from axils of basal leaves, 4-12 cm, sparsely glandular hairy, gemmiferous at apex. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette, narrowly elliptic to subspatulate, somewhat convex abaxially, concave adaxially, 0.8-1.3 cm × 2-4.5 mm, leathery, both surfaces ± glandular pubescent, margin glandular ciliate, apex acute, glandular. Cauline leaves remote, 5.5-11 × 1.5-3 mm, leathery, both surfaces ± glandular hairy, margin glandular ciliate, apex glandular. Cyme 1.5-3 cm, (1 or)2-or 3-flowred; pedicels 0.6-1.4 cm, densely glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate to lanceolate, 4-6.2 × 1.2-2.8 mm, subcarnose, abaxially and marginally dark brown glandular hairy, adaxially glabrous or rarely sparsely glandular hairy, veins 5-9, partly or fully confluent at apex, apex usually mucronate. Petals yellow, obovate to broadly so or elliptic, 0.8-1.2 cm × 4.5-7.5 mm, not callose, 8-11-veined, clawless, apex obtuse. Stamens 4-5.7 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 mm; styles ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.18
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Saxifraga stenophylla world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794579-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136014
COL ID 6Y39C
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Synonyms

Saxifraga komarovii Saxifraga stenophylla Saxifraga flagellaris f. humilis Saxifraga flagellaris f. pauciflora Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. komarovii Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. stenophylla Saxifraga stenophylla subsp. komarovii Saxifraga stenophylla subsp. pamirica Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. euflagellaris Saxifraga flagellaris var. stenosepala

Lower taxons

Saxifraga stenophylla subsp. hoffmeisteri