Rank Species | Genus Saxifraga Higher classification Rockfoils | |
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Similar Rockfoils, Saxifraga rivularis, Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifragaceae, Saxifraga hirculus |
Saxifraga cernua fiori e piante della montagna bellunese 23 08 2014
Saxifraga cernua, (drooping saxifrage, nodding saxifrage or bulblet saxifrage) is a flower common all over the High Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of the Alps, Norway, Iceland, Siberia and Alaska.

It grows to 10–20 cm tall, the stem having 3–7 leaves. The basal and lower stern leaves are kidney-shaped, 3–5 lobed on long petioles. The flowers are mostly single, terminal, petals white, much longer than the sepals. Reproduction by means of brownish-red bulbils in the axils of the upper stern leaves.

This plant grows in moist sandy and mossy places, on ledges and in snow beds.




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