BUTTERCUP-LEAVED SAXIFRAGE

Class: Suksdorfia ranuncifolia

Family: SAXIFRAGE FAMILY

Sub Family: Saxifragaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: White

Height: 10-30 cm (4-12")

Each Flower: 9 mm (3.8") across; 5 petals and 10 stamens; calyx composed of 5 green, pointed sepals

Leaves: Several leaves from base with stalks up to 2.5 cm (1") or more long; pale green, buttercup leaf blades 2.5-4 cm (1/2-1 1/2") across, smooth and deeply cleft into 3 fan-shaped lobes, usually with scalloped margins; several narrow, irregular shaped, tiny, stalkless, short-haired leaves up stem

Stems: Unbranched and hairy

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Wet, mossy rocks and banks from foothills to high elevations

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