Saxifraga virginiensis

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Saxifraga virginiensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saxifraga virginiensis, Michx. (Micranthes virginiensis, Small). Low, viscid-pubescent plant, 3-12 in. high (occasionally taller): lvs. rosulate, thickish, ovate, obovate or spatulate, narrowed into a broad petiole, both surfaces glabrous or the upper short-pilose and the lower hirsute, crenate-toothed: infl. solitary, a small cyme, close at first, becoming loose and paniculate, which is borne on a hirsute and glandular-soft-pilose scape: fls. white, small, few or many; sepals ovate, mostly obtuse; petals obovate-oblong, double the length of the sepals: fr. ovate, the follicles united merely at base, purplish. April-June. Common on rocks and dry hillsides. New Bruns. to Minn., south to Ga., Mo., and Tenn. B.M. 1664. L.B.C. 17:1699. B.B. 2:174; (ed. 2) 2:218.—A very attractive spring-blooming plant for partially shaded spots in the wild-garden or rockery. Var. flore-pleno, Hort., is a double-fld. form. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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