Saxifraga cordifolia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Saxifraga cordifolia, Haw. (Megasea cordifolia, Haw. Bergenia cordifolia, Sternb.). Twelve to 20 in. high, robust: lvs. orbiculate-cordate, broad and fleshy, margin undulate-serrate, glabrous, shining; petioles long and thick: infl. a short, thick, angled, shiny scape: fls. clear rose, in dense nodding cymes partly hidden in the lvs.; pedicels short and thick; calyx-lobes short and broad; petals roundish. March-May. Siberia. Gn.M. 3:136.— Closely allied to S. crassifolia but differing in the broader cordate-based lvs. and in the rounder petals. Var. alba, Hort. (Megasea cordifolia var. alba, Hort.). Fls. delicate blush-pink, not true white. Var. grandiflora, Hort. Said to be unusually handsome in lf. and fl. Var. purpurea, Hort. (.S. purpurea, Hort. Megasea cordifolia var. purpurea, Hort.). Lvs. smooth and coarsely serrate, the panicles larger than the type and carried well above the lvs.: petals broad rounded and deep reddish purple. Var. rosea, Hort. (Megasea cordifolia var. rosea, Hort.) has been offered. CH


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