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Saxifraga corymbosa Boiss.

Family: SAXIFRAGACEAE

Publication: Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 17 1843.

Description

Saxifraga corymbosa is a perennial plants, that forms groups of flat rosettesrosettes of 1.4-2.1cm long spathulate, glaucous-green leaves It forms a tight encrusted, fairly rigid and glaucous-green cushions surmounted by 5-10 cm tall flowering stems with yellow flower. It is a very variable species, but its extreme forms are linked by intermediates.

Leaves: Imbricate, 1.4-2.1cm long spathulate-ligulate, acute, margins narrowly cartilagineous, ciliate, glaucous-green, encrusted. Stem leaves spathulate.

Inflorescence: Flowering stems 5-10 cm tall bearing branched cymes of six to twelve green and yellow flowers. Peduncles and calyx green, densely glandular; petals short erect, 3-4 mm long and yellow. The whole inflorescence is glandular-hairy with white hairs.

Notes: Saxifraga corymbosa is now used as valid name for Saxifraga luteoviridis.

Origin and Habitat

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Altitude range: 1500-2300 metres above sea level.

Habitat and ecology: Saxifraga corymbosa grows in moderately shady and humid limestone cliffs or amongst rocks where it is usually found in groups and in combination with other saxifrages like Saxifraga paniculata and Saxifraga demissa on outcrops and big boulders.

Cultivation and Propagation

Saxifraga corymbosa is a relatively easy plant to grow giving a strikingly different effect from its close relatives. It is considered to be an easier to grow Saxifrage comparing with others.

Bibliography

Major references and further lectures

  1. Saxifraga corymbosa in: Plant Encyclopaedia, The Alpine Garden Society. Web: http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Saxifraga/corymbosa

  2. Saxifraga corymbosa in: BotanyCa Web: http://botanicallyinclined.org/seeds-shop/saxifraga-corymbosa-buy-seeds/

  3. Munir Ozturk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, I. Faridah-Hanum, Recep Efe, “Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems”, Springer, 05 May 2015

  4. Saxifraga corymbosa in: Rock Garden Plant, Web: http://flora.kadel.cz/g/kvCard.asp-Id=19741.htm