Chrysosplenium

Chrysosplenium (golden saxifrage or golden-saxifrage) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae. It includes 84 species found throughout the Arctic and northern temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The highest species diversity is in eastern Asia, and some species are found disjunctly in South America.

Species

FamilySaxifragaceae

Native toAlabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Baltic States

Die Milzkräuter (Chrysosplenium) bilden eine Pflanzengattung innerhalb der Familie der Steinbrechgewächse (Saxifragaceae) mit etwa 57 bis 65 Arten.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 516
With media: 423
Family: Saxifragaceae
Collections: A, USF, NHMUK, MO, YPM, CAS
Recorded in: China, Canada, North Korea, United States, Georgia, United Kingdom, Japan, India

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Saxifragaceae
Image: Chrysosplenium alternifolium BavariaMay2005a.jpg

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taxon common name: vraničnik
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2580
taxon name: Chrysosplenium
Commons category: Chrysosplenium
topic's main category: Category:Chrysosplenium
Commons gallery: Chrysosplenium
has fruit type: capsule

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They are soft herbaceous perennial plants growing to tall, typically in wet, shady locations in forests. The leaves are rounded, palmately veined, with a lobed margin and arranged either alternately or opposite, depending on the species. The flowers are small, yellow or yellowish-green, with four petals; they are produced in small clusters at the apex of the shoots surrounded by leafy bracts. Most of the growth and flowering is in early spring, when more light is available under deciduous trees.

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