Saxifraga cuneifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Saxifraga cuneifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saxifraga cuneifolia, Linn., sometimes misspelled cunaeifolia. Laxly cespitose, 4-6 in. high, with slender subligneous caudicles: sts. slender, erect, short-glandular and naked: lvs. very glabrous, rather thick, the upper surface dark green and shiny, the lower paler and dull or violet, obovate or subrotund, very obtuse, cuneately attenuate to a long flat ciliate petiole, margin slightly cartilaginously repand-crenate: infl. a loose panicle with 1-3-fld. branches: fls. white; calyx-lobes oblong-triangular, very obtuse; petals oblong, 3-nerved with a yellow spot at the base (occasionally also spotted with purplish red dots). June, July. Mountains of Eu.— There is a form of this species which is grown as S. Bucklandii, Hort., which only differs in having 2 or 3 yellow spots on each petal. Var. subintegra, Ser. (S. apennina, Bert. S. cuneifolia var. appenina, Koch. S. capillipes, Reichb.). Caudicles long, scantily lvd., forming a rosette at their tip: lvs. smaller, retuse, few-dentate or entire, petiole equaling the blade: sts. few-fld., simple paniculate. Switzerland, Tyrol, Apennines, and Maritime Alps. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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