Petrorhagia saxifraga
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Petrorhagia saxifraga (Tunica saxifraga, Scop.) Apparently the only species in cult. A tufted spreading hardy plant suitable for rockwork and blooming in summer and fall. It is a wiry-stemmed perennial, growing 6-10 in. high: fls. small, with rosy white, lilac or pale purple notched petals. —Has become adventive in some parts of the E. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. form. Var. albo pleno, Hort., is a double white-fld. form. Var. flore-pleno, Hort. (T. Saxifraga var. plena, Hort.), has semi-double fls. about 1/2 in. across and deeper pink than the type. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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