Saxifraga serpyllifolia

Plants mat-forming, not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves basal and cauline, (cauline 1–4); petiole absent; blade linear (cauline) or oblong to oblanceolate or spatulate, unlobed, 2–8.5 mm, fleshy, margins (recurved), entire, eciliate, apex obtuse, not mucronate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Inflorescences solitary flowers, 2–7 cm, sparsely to densely pink to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals erect to spreading (reflexed in fruit, often purplish), broadly ovate to elliptic, margins eciliate or sometimes sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals pale-yellow, rarely purple, faded when dried, not spotted, elliptic to obovate, 4–8 mm, longer than sepals; ovary superior. 2n = 16 (Russia).

Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Moist to dry sandy areas, cliffs, gravelly ridges, scree, tundra
Elevation: 0-2200 m

N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska, Asia (Japan), Asia (Siberia)

Discussion

The purple-flowered variant of Saxifraga serpyllifolia has been called var. purpurea.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa