Saxifraga stracheyi

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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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 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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