''Saxifraga'' × ''arendsii'', the mossy saxifrage, is a
perennial garden flowering plant.
Taxonomy
''Saxifraga'' × ''arendsii'' is a group of
hybrids having a complex crossbred heritage, mainly of ''
Saxifraga exarata
''Saxifraga'' is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 465 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word ''saxifraga'' means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin ' ("rock" or " ...
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Saxifraga hypnoides
''Saxifraga hypnoides'', called mossy saxifrage, cut-leaved saxifrage, Dovedale moss, Eve's cushion, Indian moss, lady's cushion, and queen's cushion, is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is native to northwestern Europ ...
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Saxifraga moschata'' and ''
Saxifraga rosacea
''Saxifraga rosacea'', or Irish saxifrage, is a herbaceous plant in the family Saxifragaceae.
It spreads by stolons, forming a compact cushion of short leafy shoots. Flowering stems may be up to 25cm tall, bearing 4-5 white flowers with petals 6 ...
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Description
''Saxifraga'' × ''arendsii'' can reach a height of . This
evergreen perennial herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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plant has leaves arranged in a dense basal rosette. The surface-spreading, cushion to mound-forming, mossy leaves are glossy, bright green, linear, oval or oblong. Flowers are at the ends of short, strong stems. They are solitary, tiny, cup-shaped or star-shaped, and may be white, bright pink or dark red. They bloom from March to August.
Distribution
The original species plants for this
hybrid are native of the far north up to the Arctic Circle.
Habitat
This hybrid mossy saxifrage grows well on rocky areas and in a rock wall crevices.
External links
Hortipedia
arendsii
Plant nothospecies
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