虎耳草 Saxifraga stolonifera

  • Scientific Name: Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis
  • Ref: Philos. Trans. 64(1):308. 1774
  • Synonyms:
    • Adenogyna sarmentosa (L.) Raf.
    • Aphomonix hederacea Raf.
    • Diptera cuscutiformis (Lodd.) Heynh.
    • D. sarmentosa (L.) Borkh.
    • Ligularia sarmentosa (L.) Duval
    • Robertsonia sarmentosa (L.) Link
    • Rupifraga cuscutiformis (Lodd.) Raf.
    • R. sarmentosa (L.) Raf.
    • Saxifraga chaffanjonii H.Lév.
    • S. chinensis Lour.
    • S. cuscutiformis G.Lodd.
    • S. dumetorum Balf.f.
    • S. iochanensis H.Lév.
    • S. ligulata Murray
    • S. sarmentosa L.
    • S. veitchiana Balf.f.
    • Sekika sarmentosa (L.) Moench
    • S. stolonifera (Curtis) H.Hara
  • English Common Name: creeping saxifrage, strawberry saxifrage, creeping rockfoil
  • Chinese Common Name: 虎耳草 hǔěr∙cǎo, 石荷叶 shíhé∙yè, 金线吊芙蓉 jīnxiàn diào∙fúróng, 老虎耳 lǎohǔ∙ěr, 天荷叶 tiānhé∙yè, 金丝荷叶 jīnsī héyè, 丝棉吊梅 sīmián diàoméi
  • Japanese Common Name: ユキノシタ [雪の下] yukinoshita
  • Family: Saxifragaceae
  • Genus: Saxifraga
  • Distribution: Forests, scrub, meadows, shaded rock crevices; 400-4500 m. Anhui, Fujian, SE Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, WC Hebei (Xiaowutai Shan), Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, E Sichuan, Taiwan, E and SW Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].
  • Photo: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Plants 8-45 cm tall. Stolons filiform, densely crisped glandular villous, with scaly leaves. Stem glandular villous. Basal leaves with petiole 15-21 cm, glandular piliferous; leaf blade spotted, subcordate or reniform to orbicular, 1.5-7.5 × 2-12 cm, (5-)7-11-lobed, glandular hairy, base subtruncate or rounded to cordate, margin irregularly dentate, apex obtuse or acute. Cauline leaves and bracts 1-4, lanceolate, ca. 6 × 2 mm. Inflorescence 7-61-flowered. Sepals spreading to reflexed, ovate, 1.5-3.5 × 1-1.8 mm, abaxially and marginally glandular hairy, 3-veined; veins confluent at apex. Petals 5, white, spotted, of which largest two lanceolate-oblong, 0.6-1.5 cm × 2-4 mm, base clawed, apex acute, pinniveined; smallest three petals ovate, 2-4.4 × 1.3-2 mm. Stamens 4-5.2 mm. Ovary ovoid, with a semiannular nectary disc; styles divergent. Fl. and fr. Apr-Nov. 2n = 30, 36*, 54. (Flora of China)

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