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Pacific golden saxifrage

Chrysosplenium glechomifolium

Pacific golden saxifrage
Photo: Clockradiofloss, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Washington to California
Climate
temperate

About

Chrysosplenium glechomifolium (also, C. glechomaefolium) is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known as the Pacific golden saxifrage. This plant is native to the moist coastline of western North America from British Columbia to northern California. It is a small plant with lush green foliage, bearing rounded, dully-toothed leaves and shiny green leaflike flowers. It is an uncommon plant which grows in swamps and forest understory and in the shade of taller plants.

Other Chrysosplenium plants

Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage · American golden saxifrage · Stolon Golden Saxifrage · Iowa Golden Saxifrage · Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage · Hairy Golden Saxifrage · Chrysosplenium sinicum · Chrysosplenium tosaense · Chrysosplenium valdivicum · Wright's golden saxifrage · Golden saxifrage

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysosplenium glechomifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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