Saxifraga filicaulis

Saxifraga filicaulis Wall., Prodr. 4: 46 (1830) (syn: Hirculus filicaulis (Wall.) Losinsk.; Saxifraga mairei H.Lév.);

Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan, NW. & E. Yunnan, E. Central Shaanxi) as per POWO;

Bhutan, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan (Hazara), China (Shaanxi, W-Sichuan, E-Yunnan, NW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, N-India, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;

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Densely caespitose with wiry, branching, erect or trailing stems 5-15cm, sparsely glandular-pubescent, often bearing scaly buds in leaf axils above. Leaves elliptic, 4-8 x 0.5-1mm, acuminate to a bristle-like point, narrowed to a ciliate stem-clasping petiolar base, margin inrolled and bearing 1-2 cilia on each side. Flowers solitary on pedicels up to 1.5cm, glandular-pubescent. Calyx 4mm, reddish, lobes ovate, 2.5 x 1.5mm, obtuse. Petals obovate or oblanceolate, 7-8 x 2-3mm, yellow.

(Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1987 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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Saxifraga filicaulis by Krishan Lal : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Saxifraga filicaulis photographed by Krishan Lal ji
Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh

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Saxifraga filicaulis Wall. ex Ser.: 4 very high res. images.

Habit : Wild 

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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Flora of Pakistan  FOP illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  Bhutan Biodiversity Portal  Saxifrage Society