Saxifragaceae
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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
Saxifragaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls regular or sometimes somewhat irregular, perfect or seldom some of or all them unisexual, ± perigynous (almost hypogynous in Parnassia) to epigynous, the (3)4–5(–10) sep commonly appearing as lobes of the hypanthium; pet typically as many as the sep, often clawed, sometimes cleft or dissected, well developed or often relatively small and inconspicuous (and then sometimes irregularly developed and fewer than the sep), or even wanting; stamens bicyclic or often unicyclic, one set sometimes staminodial; carpels 2–5(–7), usually ± connate at least below to form a compound, distally often ± deeply lobed ovary, each lobe commonly prolonged into a stylar beak with a usually capitate stigma (in Parnassia the stigmas sessile atop the ovary); fr dry, dehiscent, most often septicidal or dehiscent along the ventral sutures of the carpels above their level of union; seeds generally ± numerous, with a straight, dicotyledonous embryo embedded in the endosperm; herbs or seldom subshrubs with alternate (sometimes all basal) or less often opposite, simple or compound, exstipulate or inconspicuously stipulate lvs. 40/700.
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Common Names
The saxifrage family