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Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina / Daimonjisou ダイモンジソウ

Bloom time: July-October

   
Family:
 
Saxifragaceae /
Yukinoshitaka


 

Notes For Reference:-

Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Saxifraga:

Saxifraga cortusaefolia / Jinjisou
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina / Daimonjisou
Saxifraga fortunei var. suwoensis / Nameradaimonjisou
Saxifraga stolonifera / Yukinoshita

 

   

Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina / Daimonjisou ダイモンジソウ

 
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina: A perennial whose flower stems reach 10-30cm in height, it grows on damp rocks in mountainous regions. Leaves are radical, with long petioles 3-15cm long, in the shape of a kidney-like orbicular, shallowly cleft into 5-12 segments, and the bases are cordate, with coarse hairs on the surfaces. Sparse conical inflorescences set many white to light red flowers in them; petals are five in number, and the lower two are long. Bloom time: July-October.
                     
                 
                     

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