Saxifraga umbrosa

Saxifraga umbrosa subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Saxifraga umbrosa, Linn. London Pride. St. Patrick's Cabbage. Loosely cespitose, 6-12 in. high, with subligneous caudicles: sts. erect, naked: lvs. forming a dense rosette 6-12 in. across, rather thick, leathery, gray-green, dull shiny, lower surface tinged reddish or violet, oblong or obovate-oblong, sparsely hirsute, very obtuse, attenuate to the ciliate (rarely glabrous) petiole, margin obtusely crenate: infl. laxly paniculate with 3-6-fld., shortly glandulose-hirsute branches: fls. white, varying pink; calyx-lobes oblong, rather obtuse; petals oblong-ovate, 3-nerved, with several red dots at their base and a yellow spot in the middle. June, July. Eu. —A very neat and attractive plant, frequent in European gardens, but rarely seen here. Var. acanthifolia, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. bellidifolia, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. crassiphylla, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. erosa, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. foliis-variegatis, Hort., a form with the lvs. variegated. Var. gracilis, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. marmorata, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. primuloides, Hort. (S. primuloides, Hort.), is described as follows: Will grow in sun, but prefers entire or partial shade. It forms masses of dark green rosettes of primula-like lvs., whence rise a host of slender sts. about 6 in. high, bearing little fls. of a kind of rose-pink (fls. also stated to be bright carmine-rose). Var. rotundifolia, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. serratifolia, Don. (S. serrata, Sternb. S. serratifolia, Mackay), is a form with erect, oblong lvs. whose margins are acutely serrate. Ireland. There is a form of this variety known as S. umbrosa serrata minor. Var. variegata, Hort., is a form with the lvs. variegated with white. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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