Saxifraga rosacea | |
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Saxifraga rosacea photographed at a botanical garden in Iceland in 2010. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Saxifragaceae |
Genus: | Saxifraga |
Species: | S. rosacea
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Binomial name | |
Saxifraga rosacea |
Saxifraga rosacea, Irish saxifrage, or rosy saxifrage, is a herbaceous plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The epithet rosacea does not refer to its flowers which are white, [1] but to its radical sterile shoots which are often rosy. [2] Owing to this misleading epithet, the rosy-flowered Saxifraga × arendsii is sometimes misidentified as Saxifraga rosacea.
It spreads by stolons, forming a compact cushion of short leafy sterile shoots. Flowering stems may be up to 25 cm tall, bearing 4 to 5 white flowers with petals 6-10mm long. [3] [4]
It is found in Northwestern and Central Europe. [3] [5] [6] It was believed to have become extinct in the UK in 1962, but cuttings from original specimens have allowed for its reintroduction in 2024. [7] It is usually found by mountain streams, but also grows on cliffs and scree slopes. [3]
Saxifraga rosacea | |
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Saxifraga rosacea photographed at a botanical garden in Iceland in 2010. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Saxifragaceae |
Genus: | Saxifraga |
Species: | S. rosacea
|
Binomial name | |
Saxifraga rosacea |
Saxifraga rosacea, Irish saxifrage, or rosy saxifrage, is a herbaceous plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The epithet rosacea does not refer to its flowers which are white, [1] but to its radical sterile shoots which are often rosy. [2] Owing to this misleading epithet, the rosy-flowered Saxifraga × arendsii is sometimes misidentified as Saxifraga rosacea.
It spreads by stolons, forming a compact cushion of short leafy sterile shoots. Flowering stems may be up to 25 cm tall, bearing 4 to 5 white flowers with petals 6-10mm long. [3] [4]
It is found in Northwestern and Central Europe. [3] [5] [6] It was believed to have become extinct in the UK in 1962, but cuttings from original specimens have allowed for its reintroduction in 2024. [7] It is usually found by mountain streams, but also grows on cliffs and scree slopes. [3]