Saxifraga umbrosa

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 1 to 5
Flower features: red, pink
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Scientific Names



Read about Saxifraga umbrosa in the 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


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