Saxifraga paniculata, Miller

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 : 380

119. S. paniculata Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3 (1768)

(5. aizoon Jacq. ).

Rather densely caespitose; leaves (5—)12— 40(-60) x 2-8 mm, more or less upwardly curved at the apex, forming hemispherical rosettes, obovate to oblong-lingulate, obtuse or acute, finely serrate, glaucous and usually lime-encrusted. Flowering stem (4-)12-30cm, branched only in its upper third to form a small panicle; branches patent or suberect, 1 - to 3 -flowered, glandular-hairy. Petals 4-6 mm, white or pale cream, sometimes with small red spots. In — 28. Throughout the mountains of C. & S. Europe, from the Vosges and C. Poland to N. Spain, S. Italy and C. Greece; also very locally in Norway. Al Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (W).

Very variable in size and in leaf-shape. A distinct subspecies ( subsp. cartilaginea (Willd.) , D. A. Webb, Feddes Repert. 68: 208 (1963)), with apiculate or acuminate leaves, occurs in the Caucasus and Asia Minor; certain plants from the Balkan peninsula show some approach to it.