Family | Saxifragaceae |
Scientific name | Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis |
Synonyms | Diptera sarmentosa (L. f.) Losinskaja; Ligularia sarmentosa (L. f.) Haworth; Rupifraga sarmentosa (L. f.) Rafinesque; Saxifraga chaffanjonii H. Léveillé; Saxifraga chinensis Loureiro; Saxifraga cuscutiformis Loddiges; Saxifraga dumetorum I. B. Balfour; Saxifraga fortunei J. D. Hooker var. tricolor Lemaire; Saxifraga iochanensis H. Léveillé; Saxifraga ligulata Murray, not Wallich; Saxifraga sarmentosa L. f.; Saxifraga sarmentosa var. cuscutiformis (Loddiges) Seringe; Saxifraga sarmentosa var. immaculata Diels; Saxifraga sarmentosa var. tricolor (Lemaire) Maximowicz; Saxifraga stolonifera Meeburgh, not Curtis; Saxifraga stolonifera Meeburgh forma cuscutiformis (Loddiges) M. C. Tebbitt; Saxifraga stolonifera Meeburgh var. immaculata (Diels) Handel-Mazzetti; Saxifraga veitchiana I. B. Balfour; Sekika sarmentosa (L.) Moench; Sekika stolonifera Hara |
Common name | (Japanese common name) yuki-no-shita (ユキノシタ, 雪ノ下 [meaning: under snow]) |
(English common name) creeping saxifrage, mother of thousands, strawberry stone break, strawberry geranium, strawberry saxifrage | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane wet rocks |
Chromosomal number | 2n=30, 36, 54 |
Description | Scapes 14-40cm tall. Leaves 3-6cm long, 3-9cm wide. Flowers upper 3 petals each 4mm long, lower 2 white petals each 1.5-2cm long, flowering in May to June. Fruits ca. 4mm long, seeds ca. 0.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis |
Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis |
May 2007 at my home |
May 2007 at my home |
May 2007 at my home |
May 2007 at my home |
May 2007 at my home |