Saxifraga geum

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Saxifraga geum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Saxifraga geum, Linn. (Micranthes Geum, Small). Six to 12 in. high, with subligneous caudicles: sts. nearly naked, erect, glandular-hirsute: lvs. variable, reniform-cordate, margins cartilaginous, crenate, the crenations equal except toward the very top where they are shorter, both surfaces but especially the lower hirsute, petioles 3-4 times longer than the blade and channeled above: infl. paniculate, the branches 3-6-fld., pedicels slender; fls. white; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; petals ovate-oblong, twice as long as the calyx-lobes, with a yellow spot at their base and occasionally with several smaller purple-red dots. May, June. Pyrenees, Ireland and said to occur in Newfoundland. — A species in common cult. abroad and very variable, by some considered as a variety of S. umbrosa. Var. crenata, Hort., (S. umbrosa var. crenata, Ser.). Lvs. crenate or crenate- dentate: fls. pink, unspotted. Pyrenees. Var. crinitum, Hort., is said to resemble a refined form of S. umbrosa. Var. dentata, Engl. (S. dentata, Link. S. hirsuta, Linn. S. umbrosa var. hirsuta, Hort. S. umbrosa var. dentata, Hort.). Lvs. rather glabrous or hirsute, orbicular, acute-serrate: fls. white with 1 yellow dot or even several purple dots on each petal (by some said to be unspotted). 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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