Saxifraga stellaris, 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 : 368

5. S. stellaris L. , Sp. P/. 400(1753).

Densely or laxly caespitose; stem horizontal, usually short. Leaves usually in rosettes, obovate or somewhat spathulate, tapered to the base but scarcely with distinct petiole, hispid, slightly fleshy but not coriaceous. Flowering stems 4-20 cm, leafless, not fragile, branched in upper part, with usually suberect branches, giving a lax but fairly narrow panicle; bracts small. Sepals deflexed; petals 3-7 mm, lanceolate, occasionally unequal as in 4, white with two yellow spots; anthers pink. 2« = 28. By mountain streams and other damp places. In all the major mountain-ranges o f Europe, and at low altitudes in the extreme north.?A1 Au Br Bu Co Cz Fa Fe G a Ge G r Hb He Hs Is It Ju Lu N o Po Rm Rs (N, W) Su.

Very variable in habit. Two rather ill-defined subspecies may be recognized, but transitional forms are found in the Carpathians and elsewhere.