Saxifraga umbellulata Hook.F. & Thomson

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 5.5-10 cm tall. Stem simple, brown glandular hairy. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette; leaf blade spatulate, 0.8-1.4 cm × 2-3 mm, adaxially smooth or sometimes subpustulate distally, glabrous or margin sometimes cartilaginous setose-ciliate, apex obtuse. Cauline leaves oblong to subspatulate, 4.5-6.6 × 1.5-2 mm, both surfaces brown glandular hairy or adaxially glabrous, margin brown glandular hairy. Cyme umbelliform or compoundly so, 3-5.5 cm, 2-23-flowered; pedicels slender, 0.7-1.7 cm, brown glandular hairy. Sepals usually erect, ovate to narrowly triangular-ovate, 2.2-3.5 × ca. 1.3 mm, abaxially and marginally ± brown glandular hairy, veins 3, not confluent at apex, apex subobtuse or acute. Petals yellow, pale yellow, white, or pink, pandurate to pandurate-oblong, 6.5-9 × 2.9-3.2 mm, 2-callose, 3-5-veined, base contracted into a claw 0.4-0.5 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Stamens ca. 3 mm. Ovary subsuperior, broadly ovoid, ca. 1 mm; styles ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep. 2n = 16*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.1
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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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 umbellulata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794680-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136316
COL ID 6XSNY
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Synonyms

Saxifraga umbellulata Saxifraga umbellulata var. umbellulata

Lower taxons

Saxifraga umbellulata var. pectinata Saxifraga umbellulata var. muricola