Petrorhagia saxifraga

(Linnaeus) Link

Handbuch 2: 235. 1831.

Common names: Tunic flower coat flower
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Dianthus saxifragus Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 413. 1753
Synonyms: Tunica saxifraga (Linnaeus) Scopoli
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 164. Mentioned on page 155, 163.

Distribution

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B.C., Ont., Idaho, Ill., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., S.Dak., Va., Wis., c, s Europe, sw Asia, in Europe (Great Britain), in Europe (Sweden)

Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Petrorhagia saxifraga is often grown as a rock-garden or border plant, with several cultivars available in North America. Some North American records of P. saxifraga are from plants that either escaped from or persisted after cultivation. Most collections made since 1960 are from western Michigan, where P. saxifraga is known from naturalized populations in ten counties.

Selected References

None.

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awned +  and not hooded +
rounded;acute +
Richard K. Rabeler +  and Ronald L. Hartman +
(Linnaeus) Link +
Dianthus saxifragus +
3-veined +  and 1-veined +
linear +  and narrowly oblanceolate +
rarely +  and not succulent +
reduced +
brown-scarious +
oblong;4-lobed +
Tunic flower +  and coat flower +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
B.C. +, Ont. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Va. +, Wis. +, c +, s Europe +, sw Asia +, in Europe (Great Britain) +  and in Europe (Sweden) +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
female +, unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
brown +, reddish +  and green +
brown +  and white +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
purplish +  and white +
fugacious +
blackish brown +
reticulate +  and papillate +
compressed +  and helmet--shaped +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6.2 cm62 mm <br />0.062 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
branched +  and simple +
prostrate +, decumbent +  and sprawling +
ascending;erect +
angular;terete +
[30 +  and 2 +
papillate +
distinct +
filiform +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Tunica saxifraga +
slender +  and stout +
Petrorhagia saxifraga +
Petrorhagia +
species +
straight +
divided +
reddish and white +  and green +
terete +  and cylindric +
brown-scarious +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
perennial +  and annual +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +
15 +, 14 +  and [13 +