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Chrysosplenium
Also called Golden Saxifrages
Chrysosplenium (golden saxifrage or golden-saxifrage) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae. It includes 84 species found throughout the Arctic and northern temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The highest species diversity is in eastern Asia, and some species are found disjunctly in South America.
They are soft herbaceous perennial plants growing to 20 centimeters (8 in) tall, typically in wet, shady locations in forests. The leaves are rounded, palmately veined, with a lobed margin and 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.
The leaves and stems of golden saxifrage (C. alternifolium and C. oppositifolium) can be eaten in salads or as cooked greens.
Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage · American golden saxifrage · Stolon Golden Saxifrage · Pacific golden saxifrage · Iowa Golden Saxifrage · Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage · Hairy Golden Saxifrage · Chrysosplenium sinicum · Chrysosplenium tosaense · Chrysosplenium valdivicum · Wright's golden saxifrage
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysosplenium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
