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Saxifraga paniculata
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S. aizoon |
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Aizoon Saxifrage |
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Arctic regions of
North America, Northern Europe and
Northern Asia |
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Clump of many rosettes |
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3-12 inches tall |
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Pale yellow marked
with purple
and arranged in panicles |
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Leaves are arranged in dense basal rosettes,
leaves obovate-oblong to narrow spatulate, to 1˝ long.
The leaf apex has encrusted white teeth. |
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var. baldensis - White flowers, 2-3 inches tall.
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var. lutea - YeIIow
flowers, 6-10 inches tall.
- 'Paradoxa' - White flowers, blue
leaves.
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var. rosea - Bright pink flowers.
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Saxifraga is derived from the Latin
words saxum, rock and franga, to break. This species of
plant, when grown in a rock crevice, was supposed to be
capable of breaking rocks. |
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