Saxifrage
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(sk´sfrj), common name for several members of the Saxifragaceae, a family of widely varying herbs, shrubs, and small trees of cosmopolitan distribution.
Brook Saxifrage
Saxifraga odontoloma Piper
Synonym: S. arguta
Family: Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage
Genus: Saxifraga ...
Purple Saxifrage
Characteristics
Very distinctive when in flower the tiny flowers and creeping stems. Widespread on cliffs and coastal scrub margins.
Swamp saxifrage flowers vary considerably in color.
Swamp saxifrage in early May. The emerging flower stalk can be seen in the center of the rosette of leaves.
Tufted Saxifrage
Common Name: Saxifrage
Genus: Saxifraga
Species: caespitosa ...
- Brook saxifrage
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This makes a good looking foliage clump that will spread slowly. The leaves are glossy, deeply lobed with toothy edges and held on stout stems.
The genus Saxifrage is a very diverse genus with a wide range of semiperennial to perennial plants, covering some 480 species in total.
Round Leaved Saxifrage
Scientific Name: Saxifraga rotundifolia L.
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Family: Saxifragaceae ...
Solidstem Burnet Saxifrage
(Pimpinella saxifraga LINN.)
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Saxifrage, Greater Burnet ...
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Saxifragaceae / Saxifrage Lettuceleaf Saxifrage (Saxifraga micranthidifolia)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 80cm in height (30inches). Stem hairy.
( Myra Saxifrage )
This is a Kabschia (a subsection of Porphyrion, which is one of the 5 saxifrage sections) saxifrage with dense mats or rosettes of linear to oblong, deep green, grayish-green, or lime-encrusted silvery-green leaves, ...
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)
These common, dainty white-to-yellow early summer flowers are cousins of the garden "Red Coral Bells". They especially enjoy rocky areas and are often found there in colonies of several to a dozen or more plants.
Saxifraga Mertensiana
(Merten’s Saxifrage)
[(Pursh) DC.] Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Rosales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Family Description: Saxifrage Key Characteristics: Also known as Wood Saxifrage ...
Saxifrages
Saxifraga x arendsii 'Purple Robe'
SAXIFRAGE
Saxifraga x urbium 'Variegata'
LONDON PRIDE SAXIFRAGE ...
The Saxifrage plant family --as narrowly defined-- has perhaps 660 species, including over 400 members of the genus Saxifraga. Seattle and its nearby environs is or was host to 7 native wildflower species: three common, four rare.
Toothed Saxifrage,
Saxifraga x geum "Dentata"
We bought two little pots of Toothed Saxifrage at the gift shop at the Weyrhaueser Rhododendron Garden.
Pyramidal Saxifrage
Flowers of cultivar 'Southside Seedling'
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Pyramidal Saxifrage (Saxifraga Cotyledon) - This embellishes with its great silvery rosettes and elegant pyramids of white flowers many parts of the great mountain ranges of Europe, from the Pyrenees to Lapland.
Family: Saxifrage (Saxifragaceae)
Flowering: May-June
Field Marks: This woody vine has opposite leaves, and flowers with 7-12 creamy white petals and 20-30 stamens.
Foam Flowers are just one of nearly 700 species of the Saxifrage Family, whose members are largely distributed throughout mountainous areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Coralbells is a member of the saxifrage family and is native to the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. It is an herbaceous, evergreen perennial that forms clumps to 16 inches across but less than 8 inches in height.
Aegopodium leodograria (Bishopsweed) Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed) Arabis caucasia (Rock cress) Asarum (wild ginger, evergreen wild ginger) Bergenia (Saxifrage) Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley) Epimedium Euonymus fortunei (Wintercreeper Euonymus) Galax ...
Family Saxifragaceae, the Saxifrages; with Heuchera (Alumroot), Mitella (Miterwort), and Saxifraga
Genus Parnassia, the Grasses of Parnassus
Taxonomic Serial Number: 24206 ...
Family Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage Family, Genus Philadelphus, Maclura Pomifera, Philadelphus Coronarius, United States
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Alpigena Saxifraga Nursery is a specialist grower of porphyrion saxifrages, oppositifolias, silver saxes, androsaces, gentians, and a nice range of other alpines from all over the world.
#165 Deutzia gracilis
Common Names: deutzia
Family: Saxifragaceae (saxifrage Family)
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- Diagram of the symmetrical trimerous flower of Fritillary (Fritillaria). FIG. 38. - Diagram of the flower of Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites).
Saxifraga stolonifera (Saxifraga sarmentosa L. f.) Common name(s): Saxifrage ...
Several white-flowered native plants, including toothworts (Dentaria), sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii), and early saxifrage (Saxifraga virginica), occur alongside garlic mustard and may be mistaken for it.
Because most minor bulbs prefer well-drained soil, they're great for rock gardens, and their small stature means they combine well with low-growing alpines such as sandwort (Arenaria spp.), saxifrage, campion (Silene spp.) and speedwell (Veronica spp.
Senecio rowleyanus or the delicate Ceropegia woodii will give a frothy balance. Asparagus densiflorus works particularly well in a hanging group. Scindapsus pictus or Saxifrage Stolonifera are attractive oval-leafed plants.
Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga rosacea)
Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis schilleriana)
Mother of Pearl Plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense)
Mother of Thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
Mottlecah (Eucalyptus macrocarpa)
Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) ...
 See also: Saxifraga, Green, May, Pink, Evergreen
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