Lucas Land

the entire plant standing in waterLettuce Saxifrage

Saxifraga micranthidifolia

 Found along the banks and on islands in the stream issuing from Muddy Spring, this 2 to 3 foot tall plant has a basal rosette of long, drooping, coarsely toothed leaves. The occasional stem leaves clasp the hairy stem. The white flowers carried in an open terminal cluster have five small petals. Spring and early summer

 

 

flowers up close

 

 

 

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