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Nodding Saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata)

Description

Saxifraga cernua, (drooping saxifrage, nodding saxifrage or bulblet saxifrage) is a flower common all over the High Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of the Alps, Norway, Iceland, Siberia and Alaska. It grows to 10-20 cm tall, the stem having 3-7 leaves. The basal and lower stern leaves are kidney-shaped, 3-5 lobed on long petioles. The flowers are mostly single, terminal, petals white, much longer than the sepals. Reproduction by means of brownish-red bulbils in the axils of the upper stern leaves.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Saxifragaceae

              • Genus: Saxifraga