page_title: Saxifraga stellaris
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Saxifraga stellaris / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Saxifraga stellaris subsp. stellaris on Carnedd Llywelyn, Snowdonia, Wales: close-up of flower, looking down towards basal rosette.
context_page_description: Saxifraga stellaris, the starry saxifrage or hairy kidney-wort, is an Arctic–alpine species of saxifrage. It produces panicles of 5–10 white flowers on a stem up to 20 cm tall, rising from a basal leaf rosette. One subspecies is found from eastern Canada to Russia, including the British Isles, while another is found in the mountains of southern Europe.
context_section_description: Saxifraga stellaris grows as a leaf rosette, which produces a generally leafless stem up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) tall. The leaves are toothed and somewhat fleshy, ovate or obovate, and without an obvious petiole. They are typically 3 cm (1.2 in) long (varying from 1 to 5 centimetres or 0.4 to 2.0 inches), with a cuneate (wedge-shaped) base.
  The flowers are borne in a loose panicle comprising 5–10 flowers; each flower has deflexed sepals, surrounding five white petals, 3–6 millimetres (0.12–0.24 in) long, with two yellow or red spots near the base. The anthers are also red or yellow. Flowers are borne from June to August.
  The seeds are dark brown, glabrous, 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) long, and 0.3–0.4 mm (0.012–0.016 in) wide. They are elliptic, ovoid or reniform in shape, with longitudinal ribs bearing spines. S. stellaris has a chromosome number of 2n = 28.
caption: Close-up of a flower, showing the two yellow spots at the base of each petal
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