Saxifraga flagellaris

Taxobox
name = "Saxifraga flagellaris"


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image_caption = "Saxifraga flagellaris" flowering stem
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Saxifragaceae
genus = "Saxifraga"
species = "S. flagellaris"
binomial = "Saxifraga flagellaris"
binomial_authority = Willd. ex Sternb.

"Saxifraga flagellaris" (the whiplash saxifrage) is a plant native all over the high arctic and some areas of northern Rocky Mountains. It is not very common. It is also sometimes known as "spider plant", though this name more commonly refers to the unrelated "Chlorophytum comosum" (Agavaceae).

The stems are single, erect and leafy, growing to 3-10 cm tall. The basal leaves in a dense rosette from which long, filiform runners radiate ending in a small, rooting offset; they also have glandular hairs on the margins. Each stem usually has one terminal flower, rarely two, with golden yellow petals, much longer than the calyx lobes. The whole plant more or less red. It grows in moist places, on gravel or in moss carpets.