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Sassifraga sardo corsa (Saxifraga aquatica)

Description

It is a biennial plant, sometimes behaves as annual winter, solitary or with hair inserted, not stoloniferous, with caudex. Leaves basal and cauline, (persistent basal, compact); Absent petiole (cuneiform base); Sheets oblanceolate to obovate, slightly fleshy, with entire margins. The inflorescences with 6-15 flowers, 4-25 cm with sessile bracts: The erect sepals, (usually reddish purple), ovate or triangular to oblong; Petals white, not stained. It has a number of chromosomes 2 n = 22.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Saxifragaceae

              • Genus: Saxifraga