Saxifraga spruneri

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Common name

Scientific name

Saxifraga spruneri Boiss.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

The species is listed in the Red Data Book of Bulgaria to the category "Endangered"^[1].

Description and identification

Perennial, forming thick tufts. Stems 4–8 cm high, procumbent or ascending, with numerous remnants of old leaves, forming large cushions. Basal leaves in rosette, entire, sessile, coriaceous, with calcareous incrustation, and white glandular hairs. Cauline leaves alternate, sessile, with calcareous incrustation, sparsely glandular hairy. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose cyme, pedicels patent, densely glandular. Bracts elliptical-spathulate, glandular. Petals white, 2–3 times longer than calyx, hairless. Fruit capsule. Flowering July - August^[2].

Distribution in Bulgaria

Pirin Mts (northern – Vihren peak, Kazana, Banski Suhodol, Bayovi Dupki, Razlozhki Suhodol cirques); 1900–2900 m alt^[3].

General distribution

Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia^[4].

References

[1] Dimitar Peev & Sonya Tsoneva. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

[2] Dimitar Peev & Sonya Tsoneva. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

[3] Dimitar Peev & Sonya Tsoneva. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

[4] Dimitar Peev & Sonya Tsoneva. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

Saxifraga spruneri на български