|
|
Definition of Starry saxifrage
1. Noun. Small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe.
Group relationships: Genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga
Generic synonyms: Breakstone, Rockfoil, Saxifrage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starry Saxifrage
Literary usage of Starry saxifrage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"By the sides of rivulets and wet rocks, saxifraga stellaris, starry saxifrage;
and on calcareous rocks and in their fissures, lichen immersus, ..."
2. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"starry saxifrage. Leaves oblong, inclining to wedge- shaped, coarsely serrate,
tapering and entire at the base ; panicle corymbose, few-flowered ; capsule ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 644. Engl. lot. 167. starry saxifrage, or Kidney-wort.
JVa/. of Britain. Fl. June and July. F. If.. ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Saxifraga stellaris L. Star or starry saxifrage. (Fig. 1836.) Saxifraga stellaris L.
Sp. Pl. 400.. Scape naked below, bracted at the inflorescence, ..."
5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Also in northeastern Asia and northern Europe. Ba^'C:>: tat * ne at lat 14.
Saxifraga stellaris L. Star or starry saxifrage. (Fig. 1836. ..."
Other Resources:
