Saxifraga tentaculata C.E.C.Fisch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Stem purple after drying, slender, 2.5-6 cm tall, glabrous. Stolons arising from axils of median cauline leaves, lilac, ca. 22 cm, glabrous. Leaves sessile, aggregated proximally and distally in stem, remote near middle of stem, oblong or elliptic-oblong to spatulate, apex obtuse or subacute; proximal and median leaves 4-8 × 3-4 mm, glabrous; distal leaves lilac, ca. 1.2 cm × 3-4 mm, shortly glandular hairy. Flower solitary or cyme 2-flowered; pedicel lilac, 1.5-8 mm, purple shortly glandular hairy; hypanthium broadly mitriform, ca. 1.5 mm, sparsely glandular hairy. Sepals elliptic to triangular or broadly ovate, 2.5-3 × 1.5-2.8 mm, purple glandular hairy, 3-veined, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, 3-3.2 × 2-2.6 mm, 5-veined, apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 2.8 mm. Ovary subinferior, broadly conical, ca. 2 mm above hypanthium; styles short. Fl. Jul-Aug.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.06
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Saxifraga tentaculata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794636-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136387
COL ID 6Y4NL
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Synonyms

Saxifraga tentaculata