Saxifraga aspera

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Saxifraga aspera, DC. More or less cespitose, 4-6 in. high, with prostrate, mostly dark purple caudicles: fl.-sts. erect or ascending, remotely lvd.: lvs. pale green, shiny, lanceolate-linear, spiny-aristate and ciliate, those of the caudicles bearing buds in the axils: infl. 1-fld. or few-fld. panicles, on glabrous peduncles: fls. yellowish white; calyx sparsely glandular below, the lobes ovate-triangular mucronulate; petals oblong or obovate-oblong, 3-nerved, double the lengths of the calyx-lobes, oblique truncate. May, June. Mountains of Eu.— A rock-loving species suitable for rockeries and alpine gardens, best grown in a moist but well-drained spot. Little known in Amer. Var. bryoides, DC. (S. bryoides, Linn.). Lvs. of the caudicles very dense, slender ciliate, the apex incurved; the cauline lvs. subapproximate, erect, appressed to the sts. which are 2-3 in. high and 1-2-fld. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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