Saxifraga corymbosa Photo by: Amante Darmanin
Flowers. Tromso botanical garden, Norway.10 July 2017.
Origin and Habitat: Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Altitude range: 1500-2300 metres above sea level.
Habitat and ecology: Saxifraga corymbosa grows in moderately shady and humid limestone cliffs or amongst rocks where it is usually found in groups and in combination with other saxifrages like Saxifraga paniculataSN|34608]]SN|34608]] and Saxifraga demissa on outcrops and big boulders.
Synonyms:
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Saxifraga corymbosa Boiss.Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 17 1843.Synonymy: 7
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Description: Saxifraga corymbosa is a perennial plants, that forms groups of flat rosettesrosettes of 1.4-2.1cm long spathulate, glaucous-green leaves It forms a tight encrusted, fairly rigid and glaucous-green cushions surmounted by 5-10 cm tall flowering stems with yellow flower. It is a very variable species, but its extreme forms are linked by intermediates.
Leaves: Imbricate, 1.4-2.1cm long spathulate-ligulate, acute, margins narrowly cartilagineous, ciliate, glaucous-green, encrusted. Stem leaves spathulate.
Inflorescence: Flowering stems 5-10 cm tall bearing branched cymes of six to twelve green and yellow flowers. Peduncles and calyx green, densely glandular; petals short erect, 3-4 mm long and yellow. The whole inflorescence is glandular-hairy with white hairs.
Notes: Saxifraga corymbosaSN|34727]]SN|34727]] is now used as valid name for Saxifraga luteoviridis.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Saxifraga corymbosa in: Plant Encyclopaedia, The Alpine Garden Society. Web: http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Saxifraga/corymbosa
2) Saxifraga corymbosa in: BotanyCa Web: http://botanicallyinclined.org/seeds-shop/saxifraga-corymbosa-buy-seeds/
3) Munir Ozturk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, I. Faridah-Hanum, Recep Efe, "Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems", Springer, 05 May 2015
4) Saxifraga corymbosa in: Rock Garden Plant, Web: http://flora.kadel.cz/g/kvCard.asp-Id=19741.htm
Cultivation and Propagation: Saxifraga corymbosaSN|34727]]SN|34727]] is a relatively easy plant to grow giving a strikingly different effect from its close relatives. It is considered to be an easier to grow Saxifrage comparing with others.
