Appearance
"Saxifraga rotundifolia" can reach a height of 20–50 centimetres. This perennial herbaceous plant has fleshy leaves arranged in dense basal rosette. They are petiolate, up to 5 cm across, dark green, hairy, simple, rounded or almost heart-shaped, bordered by numerous triangular notches. The flowering stems are erect, pubescent, branched at the top, bearing narrow panicles of star-shaped flowers. These flowers have five lanceolate petals, usually white with numerous minute pink-purple specks. They bloom from April to August.
Naming
* "Saxifraga rotundifolia" subsp. "heucherifolia" Ciocarlan⤷ "Saxifraga rotundifolia" subsp. "rotundifolia"
Distribution
This species is present in the central and southern Europe in the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps and the Balkans.
Habitat
"Saxifraga rotundifolia" prefers shady forests, damps, cliffs, stony soils and margins of streams at elevation of 700–2,200 metres above sea level.References:
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