Chrysosplenium Explained
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 in eastern Asia, and two species are found disjunctly in northern South America.[1]
They are soft herbaceous perennial plants growing to 20 centimeters 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.
Species
84 species are accepted.
- Chrysosplenium absconditicapsulum
- Chrysosplenium albertii
- Chrysosplenium album
- Chrysosplenium alpinum – alpine golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium alternifolium – alternate-leaved golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium americanum – American golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium arunachalense
- Chrysosplenium aulacocarpum
- Chrysosplenium axillare
- Chrysosplenium baicalense
- Chrysosplenium biondianum
- Chrysosplenium carnosum
- Chrysosplenium cavaleriei
- Chrysosplenium chinense
- Chrysosplenium davidianum
- Chrysosplenium delavayi
- Chrysosplenium dubium
- Chrysosplenium echinus
- Chrysosplenium epigealum
- Chrysosplenium fallax
- Chrysosplenium fauriei
- Chrysosplenium filipes
- Chrysosplenium flagelliferum
- Chrysosplenium flaviflorum
- Chrysosplenium forrestii
- Chrysosplenium funiushanensis
- Chrysosplenium fuscopuncticulosum
- Chrysosplenium giraldianum
- Chrysosplenium glechomifolium – Pacific golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium glossophyllum
- Chrysosplenium griffithii
- Chrysosplenium hebetatum
- Chrysosplenium hydrocotylifolium
- Chrysosplenium iowense – Iowa golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium japonicum
- Chrysosplenium jienningense
- Chrysosplenium kamtschaticum
- Chrysosplenium kiotense
- Chrysosplenium krestovii
- Chrysosplenium lanuginosum
- Chrysosplenium lectus-cochleae
- Chrysosplenium lixianense
- Chrysosplenium macranthum
- Chrysosplenium macrophyllum
- Chrysosplenium macrospermum
- Chrysosplenium macrostemon
- Chrysosplenium maximowiczii
- Chrysosplenium microspermum
- Chrysosplenium nagasei
- Chrysosplenium nepalense
- Chrysosplenium nudicaule
- Chrysosplenium oppositifolium – opposite-leaved golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium ovalifolium
- Chrysosplenium oxygraphoides
- Chrysosplenium peltatum
- Chrysosplenium pilosum
- Chrysosplenium pseudopilosum
- Chrysosplenium qinlingense
- Chrysosplenium ramosissimum
- Chrysosplenium ramosum
- Chrysosplenium rhabdospermum
- Chrysosplenium rimosum
- Chrysosplenium rosendahlii
- Chrysosplenium sangzhiense
- Chrysosplenium sedakowii
- Chrysosplenium serreanum
- Chrysosplenium sikangense
- Chrysosplenium sinicum
- Chrysosplenium suzukaense
- Chrysosplenium taibaishanense
- Chrysosplenium taiwanianum
- Chrysosplenium tenellum
- Chrysosplenium tosaense
- Chrysosplenium trichospermum
- Chrysosplenium tetrandrum – northern golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium uniflorum
- Chrysosplenium valdivicum
- Chrysosplenium woroschilovii
- Chrysosplenium wrightii – Wright's golden saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium wuwenchenii
- Chrysosplenium zhangjiajieense
- Chrysosplenium zhouzhiense
Culinary uses
The leaves and stems of golden saxifrage (C. alternifolium and C. oppositifolium) can be eaten in salads or as cooked greens.[2]
External links
Notes and References
- Soltis, D.E. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships and evolution in Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) based on matK sequence data . Am J Bot 88:883-893
- Crawford, Martin. How to grow Perennial Vegetables. Green Books, 2012, p. 114
