Saxifraga
Campanula Saxifraga
M.Bieb.
Ogan.
saxifraga: Orig 015409-0221-78, Locn 1A AM, geo: 20000: rec: PLNT: 1ab: 1, dis: CAUCASUS, ASIA MINOR, ayr: 78,1)
Nomenclatuur
Campanula aucheri Victorov = Campanula saxifraga ssp. aucheri (A.DC.) Ogan. = Hemisphaera aucheri (A.DC.) Kolak. Campanula saxifraga M.Bieb = Campanula bellidifolia Adam var. saxifraga Victorov = Hemisphaera saxifraga (M.Bieb.) Kolak.2)
Habitus
Tufted perennial, to 6 in., differing from Campanula tridentate in its generally greather pubescence and green rather than grayish-green leaves, usually with only 3 or 5 serrations near the apex.
Experimenten in 1964. Hoogte 18 cm.3)
Low plant, up to 10 cm, with numerous valuable shortened vegetative and flowering slightly elongated leafy shoots. Basal leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, wedge tapering to the petiole. The flowers are large, violet-blue, a little rejected. It blooms from mid-May to June. 4)
Flowers
Flower measuring, between 25 - 40mm (1 - 1 1/2 inch.)5)
Violet.
The flowers are large, violet-blue, a little rejected. Corolla campanulate. It blooms from mid-May to June. 6)
Fruit
Seed available, in small quantity. Species actually grown or used for breeding 7)
* Campanula saxifraga Bieb. 2092-83. De: Botanical Garden of the University of Oslo, Norway. 6-5-83. Descr.: sem.8)
Origin
Caucasus. It grows in the Caucasus mountains in the alpine zone of rocks and scree. 9)
Varieties
* Campanula saxifraga var. leptorhiza
Campanula kryophila = Campanula ardonensis ssp. kryophila; Campanula saxifraga var. leptorhiza, Text V.I.Kobauri10)* Campanula Saxifraga var. tridentata
* Campanula saxifraga ssp. aucheri (A.DC.) and Ogan. Syn.: Campanula aucheri Victorov = Campanula saxifraga ssp. aucheri Ogan. = Hemisphaera aucheri (A.DC.) Kolak.11)