Saxifraga rocheliana

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Read about Saxifraga rocheliana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Saxifraga rocheliana, Sternb., also incorrectly spelled Rochelliana. Very densely cespitose-cushioned, forming mats 8-12 in. diam., 2-3 in. high, with more or less elongated, densely imbricated, foliose, often columnar caudicles: lower lvs. stiff, shiny light gray-green above, violet below, densely aggregated, horizontally spreading, spatulate, obtuse, very smooth, flat above, rather convex below the base, ciliate, 7-9 pits near the margin noticeable when old; cauline lvs. few, obovate-spatulate, cartilaginous and glandular-pilose except the apical portion: infl. corymbose-paniculate, 3-9-fld., borne on an erect purple-red glandular-pilose fl.-st.; pedicels erect, these and calyx glandulose and pale green: fls. white; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, erect; petals obovate, clawed-attenuate. 7-nerved, thrice the length of the calyx-lobes. April-July. E. and S. E. Eu.—Flowers freely. Var. coriophylla, Engl. (S. coriophylla, Griseb., also spelled coryophylla). The lower lvs. smaller, less horizontally spreading, oblong, obtuse, fewer pitted: fls. ivory-white. Bosnia and N. Albania. CH


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