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Kees Jan
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Pictures of saxifrages in the wild
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Here are some pics of saxifrages in the wild. This entry is from Italy.
Sax. marginata and the annual Sax. tridactylites, Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula, Italy
Saxifraga tridactylites, Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula, Italy
Saxifraga rotundifolia, Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula, Italy
Saxifraga rotundifolia, Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula, Italy
Saxifraga rotundifolia, Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula, Italy
Saxifraga bulbifera
Saxifraga granulata
Saxifraga granulata - unusual form with hairs on the petals, near the town of Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano Peninsula
Saxifraga marginata (Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula)
Saxifraga bulbifera
More pics from this trip at
http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/Europe/Italy-Naples-to-Gargano-spring/
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Kees Jan van Zwienen
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November 20, 2010, 06:03:31 PM »
Here is a final picture from Italy: Saxifraga paniculata ssp. paniculata in bud (Monte Sant'Angelo, Amalfi Peninsula)
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November 23, 2010, 12:15:32 AM »
great plants in wonderful settings! looking forward to more...
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November 23, 2010, 10:25:46 PM »
Here are a few more, from Sout America this time. This is S. magellanica, photographed in Patagonia, Argentina. It grows on the cliffs behind the Araucaria araucana trees (last picture)
http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/North-and-South-America/Patagonia-January-2010/
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November 24, 2010, 10:04:49 AM »
Kees, these are wonderful images of saxifrages in the wild in their native landscape. I like the hairy petaled Saxifraga especially
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November 26, 2010, 10:08:44 AM »
Yes, that S. granulata is very interesting. Also the green venation on the petals. Nice memories of Amalfi!!! It is a pity that we had no time for wandering around those cliffs
It seems that it could have been fascinating.
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December 06, 2010, 05:19:09 PM »
And moving on to North America: here is Micranthes (syn. Saxifraga) tolmiei photographed in Crater Lake NP last summer. This is a very distinct species with unusual succulent leaves.
More pics of the Saxifragaceae are to be found at
http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/North-and-South-America/Pacif-NW-Time-corrected/
(saxifrage family can be selected by searching on Saxifragaceae, using the search tool)
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December 14, 2010, 06:09:21 PM »
Looked at all your pictures with interest! Saxifraga is one of my favorite genera of flowering plants. Although I grow some in my garden I like the wild ones best.
Here's a few from the Mountains here.
1 -3 Saxifraga aizoides (different colours)
4 Saxifraga cespitosa with a butterfly
5 Saxifraga stellaris
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December 14, 2010, 08:06:16 PM »
Interesting colour form of S. aizoides
, in the European Alps yellow forms seem to be much more common. Also an interesting habitat with Betula nana.
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June 24, 2011, 09:16:15 PM »
This topic deserves to be revisited ...
Saxifraga seguieri in the Dolomites
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June 25, 2011, 01:10:28 PM »
Terrific shot Cliff
Don't ever remember seeing that when we were there. Don't need exact location but where did you find it?
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June 25, 2011, 01:50:00 PM »
Hi buddy,
We have only seen it a couple of times, once at Falzarego and once, where these images were captured, on the rocks near the Mausoleum.
Love to Kentucky!!!
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June 26, 2011, 06:27:10 AM »
Being obsessed with Sax we had to make the pilgrimage to La Brigue in the Roya Valley to see the
S. cochlearis
and then to Col de Tende to see the
S. callosa
"Bellardii".
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June 30, 2011, 07:57:18 PM »
Adrian Young suggested we climb to the Col Lacroix to find
Saxifraga valdensis
. It was easy to find on the cliffs at the pass together with lots of other fine plants.
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June 30, 2011, 11:36:46 PM »
I wonder how far and wide the seed is distributed, of S. callosa? One might expect colonies hundreds of feet below those cliffs.
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