Saxifraga vayredana Luiz (Saxifrage)

Saxifraga vayredana Luiz – (Saxifrage)

Herbaceous plant of the Saxifrage family -saxifragaceae- sticky and viscous due to the glandulous hairs covering the whole plant. It makes dense turfs with his numerous intertwined low branches. Leaves light green, long stalked, usually divided into five segments. When dry, they become brown red. The flower stems with 3 to 12 flowers, petals white from 2 to 6 mm long. It flourishes from June to August in rocky places between 600 and 1700 m.