Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Chrysosplenium |
| Species: | C. oppositifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L.[1]
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Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, the opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae.
Description
[edit]Chrysosplenium oppositifolium is a small, slightly hairy, creeping plant, with square stems. The leaves grow in opposite pairs, are rounded or oblong in shape and have blunt teeth. The tiny flowers grow between 3 and 4 mm, and are surrounded by bright yellow-green leafy bracts.
It flowers from March to July.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This plant is 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]
The plant prefers to grow in damp, shady places, often by streamsides or in damp woodland.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-08-04
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ^ "Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-08-04
- ^ British Cave Research Association - Life in the entrance
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