Family | Saxifragaceae |
Scientific name | Saxifraga acerifolia Wakabayashi & Satomi |
Synonyms | Saxifraga cortusaefolia Siebold & Zuccarini var. partita Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) echizen-dai-monji-sou (エチゼンダイモンジソウ, 越前大文字字草 [meaning: Echizen '大' shape flower weed (Echizen=an old name of Fukui Prefecture)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Ishikawa Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Nara Prefecture) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | mountain wet rocks |
Chromosomal number | 2n=20 |
Description | Scapes 20-40cm tall. Leaves 4-9cm long. Flowers white, upper 3 petals each 4-7mm long, lower 2 petals each 10-20mm long, stamens 10 each 3.5-5mm long, flowering in May to June. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Saxifraga acerifolia Wakabayashi & Satomi |
Saxifraga acerifolia Wakabayashi et Satomi | |
On Saxifraga Sect. Diptera of Japan, with Description of a New Species [PDF] | |
Saxifraga cortusaefolia Sieb. et Zucc. var. partita Makino |
May 2010 at my home |
May 2010 at my home |
May 2010 at my home |
May 2010 at my home |