Saxifraga stolonifera




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



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