Weak Saxifrage

(Saxifraga carpatica)

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Description

Saxifraga carpatica is a species of flowering plant belonging to the Saxifragaceae family. It is native to Europe. It is a small plant that grows to a size of 3-10 cm tall, hairy with erect tarmu, branched, cylindrical, sparsely ridged. Les bellows kidney-shaped, with 5-9 lobes, with sharp patches. Les flowers from 1-3, especially 4-5 per plant. They are 1-2 cm long and grow in very long and thick tarts. They are ablancazáu color, given when with colored edges. The fruit in the form of a güevu, with numerous grains of brown color. It is found in the Carpathians and the mountains of Bulgaria, as well as from time to time in the Alps. In Poland it is only found in the Tatras, where it is rare. Gentiana carpatica was described by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg and published in Revis. Saxifrag. Suppl. 2: 32 1831. Saxifraga: xenéric nome that comes from the Latin saxum, ("stone") and frangere, ("to break, to break"). These plants are called so because of their ability, according to the ancients, to break stones with their strong roots. Asina was affirmed by Pliny, for instance.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Saxifragales
Family:Saxifragaceae
Genus:Saxifraga
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