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The loose cluster (false umbel) of flowers are on a tall stalk with glandular hairs and bulbils at the base. The French name "Casse-pierre" means "rock breaker".
Flowers.
Apr-June.
Size.
15-40 cm (short-med)
Flower Blossom.
5 petals; 15 mm long. 5 white petals, about 15 mm long, in clusters at the end of the redish stalks.
Leaves.
Round to kidney-shaped, with long stalks and jagged edges; divided into 3 to 5 parts.
Habitat.
Damp fields, grassy areas, bushy slopes. Sometimes in forest clearings. Rare above 800 m. We found our higher though: at Thorenc and on the Calern Plateau, both places 1250 m.
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Photo gallery of 4 photos for Saxifrage
