Whiplash Saxifrage

S. flagellaris is a very variable species with a wide geographic range. Many infra-specific taxa have been recognised. The type sub-species is described from Mt. Casbec, Caucasus and not found in our area; its distribution is in the Caucasus, main mountain chain, with a few localities N & S. of it.

However, following Hulten's revision of the complex, 4 subspecies have been recognised from our area.

Perennial herb, 4-12 cm high. Stem erect, glandular or not, with glabrous or glandular stolons. Leaves usually congested basally, sessile, obovate to ovate-lanceolate, glandular. Flowers usually 1-3(-8). Pedicels glan¬dular. Sepals free or basally united, acute or obtuse. Petals yellow, twice or more the length of sepals, broadly ovate or obovate. Filaments as long as the sepals or shorter, glabrous. Capsule rounded-ovoid.