Saxifraga nivalis, 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 : 367

2. S. nivalis L. , Sp. Pl. 401 (1753) .

Rhizome often branched, with several leaf-rosettes. Leaves 15-35 mm, ovate-oblong to rhombic, crenate or bluntly dentate, hairy on margins only, often dark red beneath; petiole broad, usually short. Scape 5-20 cm, densely glandular-pubescent, with some longer, white, crisped hairs; inflorescence a small, often capitate, congested panicle of almost sessile flowers; bracts small. Sepals erect; petals c. 3 mm, suborbicular, somewhat exceeding sepals, white or pink. 2n = 60. Arctic and subarctic Europe; very locally in mountains elsewhere. Br Cz Fa Fe H b Is N o Po Rm Rs (N) Sb Su.