Chrysosplenium
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Chrysosplenium (Golden Saxifrage, or sometimes hyphenated, Golden-saxifrage) is a genus of about 55-65 species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and also South America, with the highest species diversity in eastern Asia.
They are soft herbaceous perennial plants growing to 20 cm tall, typically growing in wet, shady locations in forests. The leaves are rounded, palmately veined, with a lobed margin; they may be arranged either alternately or opposite, depending on the species. The flowers are small, yellow or yellowish-green, with four petals; they are produced in small clusters at the apex of the shoots surrounded by leafy bracts. Most of the growth and flowering is in early spring, when more light is available under deciduous trees.
[edit] Selected species
- Chrysosplenium absconditicapsulum
- Chrysosplenium alpinum (Alpine Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium alternifolium (Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium americanum (American Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium axillare
- Chrysosplenium biondianum
- Chrysosplenium carnosum
- Chrysosplenium cavaleriei
- Chrysosplenium chinense
- Chrysosplenium davidianum
- Chrysosplenium delavayi
- Chrysosplenium dubium
- Chrysosplenium flagelliferum
- Chrysosplenium forrestii
- Chrysosplenium fuscopuncticulosum
- Chrysosplenium giraldianum
- Chrysosplenium glechomifolium (Pacific Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium glossophyllum
- Chrysosplenium griffithii
- Chrysosplenium hebetatum
- Chrysosplenium hydrocotylifolium
- Chrysosplenium iowense (Iowa Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium japonicum
- Chrysosplenium jienningense
- Chrysosplenium lanuginosum
- Chrysosplenium lectus-cochleae
- Chrysosplenium lixianense
- Chrysosplenium macranthum
- Chrysosplenium macrophyllum
- Chrysosplenium microspermum
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Chrysosplenium nepalense
- Chrysosplenium nudicaule
- Chrysosplenium oppositifolium (Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium oxygraphoides
- Chrysosplenium pilosum
- Chrysosplenium qinlingense
- Chrysosplenium ramosum
- Chrysosplenium serreanum
- Chrysosplenium sikangense
- Chrysosplenium sinicum
- Chrysosplenium taibaishanense
- Chrysosplenium tenellum
- Chrysosplenium trichospermum
- Chrysosplenium tetrandrum (Northern Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium uniflorum
- Chrysosplenium valdivicum
- Chrysosplenium wrightii (Wright's Golden Saxifrage)
- Chrysosplenium wuwenchenii
