Saxifraga hirculus
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Read about Saxifraga hirculus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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