Saxifraga bronchialis

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Scientific Names

Read about Saxifraga bronchialis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Saxifraga bronchialis, Linn. Dwarf, cespitose, 4-8 in. high: sts. ascending, densely foliose at the base; fl.-sts. few- lvd.: lvs. stiffish, almost leathery, gray-green, shiny, linear-lanceolate, margin ciliate or spinulose: infl. few or many-fld., paniculate, borne on erect-spreading glandulose pedicels: fls. yellowish white with orange-red dots; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, glabrous; petals oblong, 3-nerved, twice as long as the calyx-lobes. May. Asia and Alaska.—The material from the Cascade Mts. of Wash. to Alberta and southward along the Rocky Mts. to New Mex., which has passed as S. bronchialis, has been separated under the name of S. austromontana, Wiegand (S. bronchialis, Pursh, not Linn. Leptasea austromontana, Small). It differs from S. bronchialis in its more subulate, darker green lvs., more slender often purple sts., more slender pedicels, smaller white petals with purple dots above and not clawed at the base. S. austromontana is probably not in cult. Var. cherlerioides, Engl. (S. cherlerioides, Don. S. Stelleriana, Merck., also spelled Stellariana. Leptasea cherlerioides, Small). Densely cespitose, with the caudicles very densely imbricate-leafy: lvs. short, flat above, convex below, somewhat spatulate, acute- mucronate: fl.-sts. shorter, 2-3 in. high, few-fld., glandulose or glabrous: fls. white; calyx-lobes rather obtuse. May. Asia and N. Amer., Unalaska, Bering Straits. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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