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Saxifraga hirsuta (kidney saxifrage)

Synonyms: Saxifraga elegans; Saxifraga geoides; Saxifraga geum hirsuta; Saxifraga lactiflora

Infraspecies

Saxifraga hirsuta hirsuta
Saxifraga hirsuta paucicrenata
Saxifraga hirsuta var. cuatrecasasii
Saxifraga hirsuta var. hirsuta

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Height [2]  12 inches (.3 m)
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Herb
Light Preference [3]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Damp

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ingleborough Complex 14256 England, United Kingdom
Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve   Scotland, United Kingdom

Predators

Kessleria saxifragae[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0