Saxifraga cernua L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Saxifragaceae

• Scientific Name

  Saxifraga cernua L.

• Description

  Species Description - Rhizomatous; stems solitary or few, 8–20 cm; lower lvs long-petioled, the blade reniform in outline, 10–25 mm wide, 3–7-lobed; upper lvs progressively smaller, shorter-petioled, and fewer-lobed, the uppermost ovate, entire, some with small axillary bulblets; fl solitary, terminal, white; pet 6–10 mm; 2n=36–72. Circumboreal, s. to the Gaspé Penins. of Que., Mt. Washington (N.H.), n. Minn., and Colo. July.

• Common Names

  leafy bulbil-saxifrage