Saxifraga androsacea (Saxifraga androsacea)
Description
Saxifraga androsacea is a species of plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae . It is a perennial , small, cespitose plant , formed by few rosettes, with an array composed of glands-sessile and stipitate-and glanduliferous hairs up to 1.5 mm (usually 4-10 cells). Floriferous stems up to 10 cm, terminals. Basal leaves (3) 5-15 (23) x (1) 2-3 (4) mm, usually entire-sometimes with 3 teeth or lobes-tender, without grooves, linear-lanceolate or linearound, obtuse or apiculate, with scattered or dense clothing, mainly of glanduliferous hairs -of 3-10 (15) cells-; undifferentiated petiole; leaves of the floriferous stems (0) 1-2 (3), whole, the lower ones similar to the basal leaves. Inflorescence pauciflora, with 1-2 (3) flowers; undivided bracts . Hipantocovered with sessile glands or glanduliferous hairs -from (1) 3-5 (7) cells-. Sepals 2-2.5 mm, elliptical, obtuse. Petals 4-6 x 2-3 mm, linear-obovate, ± imbricate, white. Ovary almost inferior. Oblong fruit Seeds 0.5- 0.6 x c. 0.4 mm, with micropapilas. It has a chromosome number of 2n = 112 *, 120 *; n = 105 *
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Saxifragaceae
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Genus: Saxifraga
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