Saxifraga crustata

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Saxifraga crustata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saxifraga crustata, Vest (S. incrustata, Vest). About 1-3 in. high with ascending branched caudicles which are covered with appressed vestiges of lvs. and form cespitose clumps up to 4 or 5 in. diam.: sts. ascending, densely glandular-pilose: basal lvs. light gray-green, the lower third pink, sulcate, linear, obtuse, minutely crenulate with the crenatures very close together, crustate with lime, ciliate toward the base; cauline lvs. few, linear-lanceolate, serrate, glandular at base: infl. a scape, racemose from the middle or above, the branches 1-fld. or paniculate 3-6-fld.: fls. yellowish white sometimes purple-dotted toward the center; calyx sparse-glandulose at base, the lobes oblong-triangular with membranaceous margins; petals obovate, base scarcely attenuate, almost 3 times as long as the calyx-lobes. June. Tyrol.—Easy to grow and adapted to a shady location; scarcely known in Amer. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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