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Saxifraga stellaris ssp. robusta
Saxifraga stellaris is an Arctic-alpine species of the family Saxifragaceae which produces panicles of 5–10 small white flowers on a stem up to 20 cm tall, rising from a basal leaf rosette. The flowers have 5 white petals with two yellow or orange spots near the base.
Found growing in a crack in a large rock, next to a mountain stream in a high valley (alt. 2400 m ASL). The last picture shows the habitat. These plants like wet environments.
Another species of saxifrage can be found here; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/658...
Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Oct 16, 2012
20 Comments
Yes I'm in love with plants!:-*
Thank you Ali! I've noticed you really like plants :-)
So Pretty !
Thanks Emma! I fully agree.
Daniel,excellent find and photography as usual! Such elegance! Nature is surely amazing!
Thanks YukoChartraw! How interesting! I haven't found the answer yet but if I do I'll make sure to let you know!
I love this flower! I've also spotted a similar species at Mt. Rainier, and that one was missing two dots, too....
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
Please let us know when you solve the mystery of the missing dots. :)
Good detective work bayucca! Still looking for the explanation:-) The standard description for the species is that each petal should have two dots... It seems the two petals missing the dots are always neighbours. I wonder whether the explanation is a combination of nutrients+genetics/epigenetics...
Obviously not a freak of nature:
http://www.florealpes.com/fiche_saxietoi...
Thanks Stayen! I'm trying to find out where those missing dots have gone (see exchange below:-))
Lovely flower! It seems the dots have been painted by someone.
Thank you all! The missing dots on the 2 petals have been puzzling me! All flowers on this plant were the same. This doesn't seem to be a characteristic of the subspecies. I haven't found any relevant information so far but I'm still looking!
Beauty...
hahaha, that is funny, that is fantastic!
Obviously out of paint for the last 2...
Thanks bayucca! These yellow dots really look like they've been painted:-)
Gracias/merci Agustin and Daniela! Agustin, whenever possible I try to document my plant spottings this way:-)
Nice one! Amazing forms!
Trés beau!
Perfect series for a spotting.
First: the pretty picture (very pretty indeed)
Next: other nice angles
Next: habit of the plant (leafs, stems)
Last: environment where it was found.
And such a nice flower!