Saxifraga geranioides
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Saxifraga geranioides, Linn. (S. palmata, Hort., not Smith and others). Biennial or perennial, cespitose, 2-10 in. high, with numerous frutescent subwoody, leafy caudicles: sts. erect, somewhat pilose: lvs. bright green, lower rather pilose, suborbicular or reniform, palmately 3-divided with the lateral lobes bifid, lobes lanceolate-acute or 2-3-toothed, base of the ciliate petiole dilate; cauline lvs. cuneate-ovate with narrow lobes: infl. sub-corymbose, many-fld., with pedicels shorter than the fls.: fls. white, campanulate; calyx-lobes erect, linear-lanceolate, acute; petals obovate-oblong, long-clawed, more than twice longer than the calyx-lobes. May-July. Mountains of Eu.—Best prop. by seed. A showy little ground-cover plant suitable for terraces and the like. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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