Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, the opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae.

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Saxifragaceae
Genus:	Chrysosplenium
Species:	C. oppositifolium
Binomial name
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Chrysosplenium auriculatum Crantz Chrysosplenium octandrum Caque ex Steud. Chrysosplenium repens Link ex Steud. Saxifraga aurea Garsault

Description

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium is a small, slightly hairy, creeping plant, with square stems. The leaves grow in opposite pairs, are rounded or oblong in shape and have blunt teeth. The tiny flowers grow between 3 and 4 mm, and are surrounded by bright yellow-green leafy bracts.

It flowers from March to July.

Distribution and habitat

This plant is native to Europe (Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and former Yugoslavia).^[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.^[3] The plant can tolerate low light levels down to 24 lux.^[4]

The plant prefers to grow in damp, shady places, often by streamsides or in damp woodland.

Flowers