Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage - Chrysosplenium alternifolium 1

Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage - Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Other names: Alternate-leaf Golden Saxifrage
Family: Saxifragaceae

Flower Colour:

yellow,

green,

Bloom in:

April,

May,

Type of flowering:

number of petals 4,

Alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage is a perennial, mat-forming plant with trailing stems growing to a height of 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 in). The fragile three-sided stems are hairy on the lower parts of the plant but smooth above. The alternately arranged leaves are stalked, broad and kidney-shaped with a few rounded shallow teeth and a few hairs. The flowers are surrounded by yellowish-green bracts and have down-turned yellowish-green sepals but no petals. The central flower in the corymb has five lobes and the others four lobes. There are eight stamens and two styles which are fused at the base. The fruit is a bowl-shaped lidded capsule. This plant flowers from April to June. [Wikipedia]