Tufted Saxifrage

Tufted Saxifrage

Taxobox
name = Tufted Saxifrage


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Saxifragaceae
genus = "Saxifraga"
species = "S. cespitosa"
binomial = "Saxifraga cespitosa"
binomial_authority = L.

The tufted saxifrage ("Saxifraga cespitosa") is a flower common to many arctic heights. It appears further south in mountainous areas of the Alps, Norway, Iceland, Siberia and Alaska.

Densely tufted from a stout taproot, the plant has very short stems with withered, dead leaves at the base. The leaves have three to five lobes; both leaves and calyx exhibit trichomes in the form of glandular hair. Flowering stems range from 5-10 cm, with one or two flowers per stem. Its petals are white, twice the length of the calyx lobes. Smaller specimens, with shorter stems and smaller, yellowish-greenish petals (with uniflorous variants), are rather frequent.

The tufted saxifrage grows on ledges and gravelly places.

ee also

*Flora of Svalbard


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