Saxifraga rotundifolia, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 369

15. S. rotundifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 403 (1753)

(inch S. heucherifolia Griseb. & Schenk ).

Stem short, rhizomatous, bearing lax rosettes of reniform-orbicular, crenate or coarsely serrate leaves, usually somewhat hairy, with a very narrow but distinct cartilaginous border. Petiole long, slender, not enlarged at top. Flowering stems 15^40 cm, rather stout, with a few dentate or slightly lobed cauline leaves and a rather narrow panicle of numerous flowers. Sepals erecto-patent, even in fruit; petals 6-11 mm, narrowly oblong, with a distinct claw, white, usually spotted with yellow at the base and with red higher up. Styles very short, divergent. 2/2 = 22. Damp or shady places in or near the mountains o f C. & S. Europe. Al Au Bu Co Cr Cz G a Ge G r He Hs It Ju Rm Sa Si [Be].

Variable in size, hairiness and leaf-shape. The supposedly distinctive characters of S. heucherifolia Griseb. & Schenk , Acrh. Naturgesch. (Berlin), 18:317 (1852), from the E. Carpathians and Balkan peninsula (cauline leaves regularly dentate, not lobed; petals more than 9 mm), are scarcely constant enough for it to be recognized even as a subspecies.