Saxifraga caesia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Saxifraga caesia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saxifraga caesia, Linn. (S. recurvifolia, Lapeyr). Dwarf, cespitose, about 3 in. high, with curved, woody, imbricate-foliose caudicles: lvs. of the caudicles densely congested, gray or light gray-green, arched-recurved from the base, linear-oblong, rather acute, near the margin 7-pitted, fimbriate from the base to the middle, convex and obtusely carinate dorsally, crustate with lime when young; cauline lvs. narrowly spatulate, slightly carinate, 3-5-pitted, glandular-ciliate at the base: infl. subcorymbose, 2-6-fld., borne on glabrous or sparsely glandular-pilose, green fl.-sts.: fls. snow- or cream-white; calyx-lobes ovate or obtuse, sparsely glandular, scarious at their apex, otherwise ciliate; petals obovate, 3-5- nerved, lateral nerves bowed or straight, almost 3 times as long as the calyx-lobes. June-Aug. Mountains of Eu. L.B.C. 5:421. Var. major, Don, has the sts. more robust, taller, and strongly villous: the rosettes of gray lvs. are rather larger than the type and the milk-white fls. are larger. May, June. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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