Saxifraga cotyledon
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Read about Saxifraga cotyledon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Saxifraga cotyledon, Linn. Tufted, 6-24 in. high: st. erect: lvs. thick and fleshy, basal lingulate or obovate-lingulate, short-apiculate, the base softly fimbriate, margin serrate, serratures cartilaginous, at their apex antrorsely acuminate; cauline lvs. lingulate-lanceolate, the lower part glandular-ciliate, the upper serrulate; bracts linear, acute and glandular: infl. a scape, paniculate from the base, the panicle composite, pyramidal, glandular-pilose all over, the branches paniculate from their middle, 5-15-fld.: fls. white, occasionally tinged rose; calyx-lobes longer than the glandulose tube, oblong-acute; petals obovate-cuneate, 3-5-nerved, midnerve mostly bifid, 2-3 times longer than the calyx-lobes. May-July. Mountains of Eu. G. 11:209; 34:781; 35:541. G.W. 12, p. 471.—Easy to prop. as it makes a large number of side shoots which root quickly when potted. Var. icelandica, Maxwell (S. icelandica, Hort.), is the largest form of the species and produces numerous offsets. The rosettes are very large and flat and the ligulate lvs. are usually bronzed and leathery. G. 35:707. Var. pyramidalis, Ser. (S. pyramidalis, Lapeyr, not Ten. S. nepalensis, Hort.), is a very robust form from 2-4 ft. high when in fl. The rosettes are large and glaucous and the fls. very numerous in a large pyramidal panicle, white, speckled with crimson. May, June. G.C. III. 53:389. G. 35:163. Gn. 61, p. 393; 74, p. 266; 78, p. 349. Var. pyrenaica, Hort., has more pointed lvs. and shorter plumes of white fls. Pyrenees. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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