Petrorhagia saxifraga | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Petrorhagia |
Species: | P. saxifraga
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Petrorhagia saxifraga | |
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Petrorhagia saxifraga, known as tunic flower or coat flower, is a small, herbaceous flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. [1] [2] It is native to parts of Europe and introduced to the United States and Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden. [1] [2] Petrorhagia saxifraga is also known as tunic saxifrage, pink saxifrage, or just pink. [3] [4]
It is a wiry plant with numerous branching stems, narrow leaves, and flowers growing solitary at the ends of branches. The petals range from pink to white. [5] It is commonly cultivated in rock gardens and used along borders, escaping to grow in lawns, along roadsides, along shorelines, and in other sandy disturbed areas. [2] [4] [6]
Tunic flower was originally described as Dianthus saxifragus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and renamed Petrorhagia saxifraga in 1831. [7] [8] The genus and species name refer to its natural habitat: rock crevices. [3] Two subspecies are accepted:
Petrorhagia saxifraga | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Petrorhagia |
Species: | P. saxifraga
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Binomial name | |
Petrorhagia saxifraga | |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
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Petrorhagia saxifraga, known as tunic flower or coat flower, is a small, herbaceous flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. [1] [2] It is native to parts of Europe and introduced to the United States and Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden. [1] [2] Petrorhagia saxifraga is also known as tunic saxifrage, pink saxifrage, or just pink. [3] [4]
It is a wiry plant with numerous branching stems, narrow leaves, and flowers growing solitary at the ends of branches. The petals range from pink to white. [5] It is commonly cultivated in rock gardens and used along borders, escaping to grow in lawns, along roadsides, along shorelines, and in other sandy disturbed areas. [2] [4] [6]
Tunic flower was originally described as Dianthus saxifragus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and renamed Petrorhagia saxifraga in 1831. [7] [8] The genus and species name refer to its natural habitat: rock crevices. [3] Two subspecies are accepted: