| Saxifraga cernua L. | |||
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| Family | Saxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae | ||
| Common name | bulblet saxifrage | ||
| Description | Stem and margin of leaves with long, septate hairs; stems erect, simple, with pale bulblets at base; basal leaves long-petiolated, cordate-reniform, 5-7-lobed; stem leaves narrower, with brownish-red bulblets in axils; flower mostly single, terminal; petals white, about 4 times as long as calyx lobes. | ||
| Ecology | Moist places in the mountains, scree slopes. Described from Alps of Lapland. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.