Saxifraga stracheyi

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Scientific Names



Read about Saxifraga stracheyi in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Saxifraga stracheyi, Hook. f. & Thom. (S. unguiculata, Hort., not Engl. Megasea Stracheyi, Hort. Bergenia Stracheyi, Stein). Fig. 3556. Six inches to 1 ft. or more high: lvs. obovate, usually not cordate at base, margin subentire, ciliate or crenate-serrate, both surfaces glabrous: infl. a scape about 1 ft. high with the pedicels and calyx pubescent or puberulous: fls. blush-pink to rose (sometimes yellow), in broad branching panicles 3/4-1 in. diam.; calyx-lobes oblong. March. Kashmir, 8,000- 14,000 ft. B.M. 5967(?). G.M. 39:233. J.H. III. 32:281. G. 12:337.—More hardy than S. ligulata. Var. alba, Hort. (S. afghanica, Aitch. & Hemsl. S. afghanistanica, Leicht. Megasea afghanica, Hort.). A snowy white-fld. form, the lvs. bronzy or ruby-brown. Gt. 35:1228. G. 31:751. Var. Milesii, Hort. (S. Milesii, Hort. Leicht. Bergenia Milesii, Stein. Megasea Stracheyi var. Milesii, Hort.). Differs from the type in having longer lvs. (9-12 x 4-5 in. at the middle): fls. white; petals distinctly clawed. March. Himalaya. Var. Schmidtii, Hubb. (S. thysanodes, Hort. Haage & Schmidt, not Lindl. S. Schmidtii, Regel. Bergenia Schmidtii, Hort.). Lvs. ovate, base equally rotundate or attenuate to the petiole, margin coarsely crenate and then dentate, the teeth cuspidate-ciliate: fls. panicled, similar to those of S. crassifolia. Himalaya. Gt. 27:946. B.R. 29:65 (as S. ciliata). CH


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