Saxifraga adscendens, 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 : 370

29. S. adscendens L. , Sp. Pl. 405 (1753)

(5. controversa Stemb. ).

Biennial. Stem up to 25 cm, branched or almost simple. Basal leaves forming a compact rosette which persists till flowering season, sessile, cuneate, with 2-5 broad, short, triangular teeth near the apex. Cauline leaves similar . Pedicels not more than twice as long as the flowers, often shorter. Petals 3-5 mm,

emarginate, white (rarely yellowish). Seeds very finely tuberculate. Scattered through a large part of Europe, mainly in the mountains; absent from the west (except the Pyrenees) and most of the islands. Al Au Bu Cz Fe Ga Gr He Hs It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, W) Si Su.

Distinct and fairly constant in N. & C. Europe, but in the Carpathians and Balkan peninsula aberrant variants are found, some of which come very close to 27. Three subspecies may be recognized, but they cannot be very clearly defined.

1 Petals c. 5 mm, at least 3 times as long as sepals (c) subsp. blavii 1 Petals 3-4 mm, 2 -2 | times as long as sepals

2 Capsule pyriform or obovoid, tapered at the base

(a) subsp. adscendens 2 Capsulesubglobose,roundedat thebase (b) subsp.parnassica