Saxifraga hirculus

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Saxifraga hirculus, Linn. (Leptasea Hirculus. Small). Perennial, 4-12 in. high: basal shoots or surculi short, prostrate, filiform, fuscous-villous and remotely foliose: sts. erect, leafy: lvs. lanceolate, flat, entire and obtuse; the lower and those of the surculi spatulate, attenuate to the ciliate petiole, the middle and upper lvs. sessile: infl. terminal, 1-3- and rarely 5-fld.; the peduncles erect, 1-fld., brown-villous and glutinose: fls. yellow, 1/2-3/4 in. across; sepals oblong, very obtuse, reddish ciliate; petals oblong or ovate-oblong, spotted with red at the base, 3 times longer than the sepals: fr. ovate. July-Sept. N. temperate, subarctic and alpine regions. B. B. 2:171; (ed. 2) 2:216. —An excellent plant for cold damp locations as it is a native bog-grower. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is freer flowering than the type and has golden yellow fls. 1 in. across; more desirable than the type. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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