Saxifraga taylorii Calder & Savile

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Plants loosely mat-forming, stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves cauline (crowded proxi-mally); petiole absent; blade broadly obovate, prominently 3-lobed apically (distal unlobed, reduced), (lobes lanceolate to oblong, mucronate), 4.5-12 mm, ± leathery, margins entire, (cartilaginous), stiffly ciliate, apex acute, not or slightly mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2-4-flowered cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, 3.5-13 cm, glabrous except bracts purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals erect to ascending, (purplish), ovate to oblong, margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals white to cream, not spotted, elliptic to obovate, 3.5-7 mm, much longer than sepals; ovary superior. 2n = 26, 52.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Saxifraga taylorii world distribution map, present in Canada

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228654-2
WFO ID wfo-0000494644
COL ID 6XSNH
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Synonyms

Saxifraga taylorii