White Mountain Saxifrage (Saxifraga cotyledon)
Description
Saxifraga paniculata is a perennial and stoloniferous herbaceous plant with flowering stems 10-30 cm in height. The most easily identifiable feature of S. paniculata is its highly dense basal rosette of leaves, which are leathery, flat and stiff. 1-3 cm long, the oblong to ovate leaves are densely toothed and have fine leaf margins; a lime-encrusted white pore is present at the base of each leaf. The rosettes produce erect flowering stems (though nothing might be produced for a few years), whilst the rosettes themselves grow at the end of runners (horizontal, long stolons).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Saxifragaceae
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Genus: Saxifraga
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