Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caryophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Cespitose perennial 0.5–4 dm, slender and freely branched; at least the lower internodes finely scabrous; lvs linear, 0.5–2(–3) cm, to 1(–2) mm wide, 1-veined, scabro- ciliolate toward the base; fls solitary (–3) at the branch-tips, closely subtended by 2(4) scarious bracts, these evidently shorter than the 5-veined, 3–6 mm cal; pet-blade short, pink or white, 3-veined, retuse or obcordate; seeds tuberculate; 2n=30, 60. Eurasian sp., cult. and sporadically escaped in our range, sometimes as a weed of lawns or roadsides. June–Oct. (Tunica s.)