Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, the opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, native to Europe (Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and former Yugoslavia).[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[3] The plant can tolerate low light levels down to 24 lux.[4]

Flowers

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Chrysosplenium
Species:
C. oppositifolium
Binomial name
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysosplenium auriculatum Crantz
  • Chrysosplenium octandrum Caque ex Steud.
  • Chrysosplenium repens Link ex Steud.
  • Saxifraga aurea Garsault

References
  1. "Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-08-04
  2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  3. "Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-08-04
  4. British Cave Research Association - Life in the entrance
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