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Chrysosplenium alternifolium L.

alternate-leaved golden saxifrage (Saxifragaceae)

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Chrysosplenium alternifolium is the rarer of our two golden-saxifrages, and is absent from Ireland, Cornwall, West Wales and the North-west Highlands.

Niederösterreich, Austria; 2005-04-15

 alternate-leaved golden saxifrage / Chrysosplenium alternifolium: _Chrysosplenium alternifolium_ is the rarer of our two golden-saxifrages, and is absent from Ireland, Cornwall, West Wales and the North-west Highlands.

Chrysosplenium alternifolium has larger leaves than Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, and they are cordate (at least the lower leaves) and opposite, not cuneate and alternate.

Niederösterreich, Austria; 2006-04-22

 alternate-leaved golden saxifrage / Chrysosplenium alternifolium: _Chrysosplenium alternifolium_ has larger leaves than _Chrysosplenium oppositifolium_, and they are cordate (at least the lower leaves) and opposite, not cuneate and alternate.

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