Chrysosplenium tetrandrum

Golden Saxifrage

100 km North of Arran
07-July-02

Note that the arrow from label "fruit" points to one of two lobes forming an obcordate capsule.  Obcordate means heart shape with the point at the base (not pointing outward).

Chrysosplenium Characteristics

herbs

low plants

leaves and flowers clustered at tip of stem

leaves reniform, crenate

more than one flower

petals missing

hypanthium shallow, yellowish within

capsule obcordate, 2-lobed, flattened

 

Saxifragaceae Characteristics

herbs

land plants

plants not parasitic on trees; rooted in soil or water

plants with more than one pair of leaves

leaves alternate; lower ones sometimes opposite

leaves without stipules

leaves orbicular or reniform

flowers with only one floral ring, with sepals but not petals

4 sepals

ovary and fruit partly inferior

ovary or its locules with many ovules

fruit dry when ripe