Saxifraga altissima
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Read about Saxifraga altissima in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Saxifraga altissima, Kerner (S. Hostii var. altissima, Hort.). Fig. 3558. Cespitose, 1-2 ft. high: sts. erect, stout, glandular-hirsute: lvs. thick, the basal spreading, broad, tongue-shaped, rather acute, base ciliate, margin serrate, serratures acute and cartilaginous; cauline lvs. oblong, rather obtuse, serrate; bracts oblong-linear or linear, obtuse and glandular-pilose ciliate: infl. a scape racemosely paniculate above, the branches about 10-fld. and densely glandular-pilose; pedicels densely short-glandular: fls. white, their base greenish and purple-dotted toward the center; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, cartilaginous margined; petals elliptic, 3-nerved, twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Tyrol.—Very closely allied to S. Hostii, possibly not specifically distinct. Little known in Amer. outside fanciers' collections. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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