Petrorhagia saxifraga

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Petrorhagia saxifraga
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Petrorhagia
Species:
P. saxifraga
Binomial name
Petrorhagia saxifraga
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Dianthus filiformisLam.
    • Dianthus saxifragusL.
    • Gypsophila arenicolaDufour
    • Gypsophila asperulaDufour ex Nyman
    • Gypsophila eubonensisSibth. & Boiss.
    • Gypsophila multicaulisPoir.
    • Gypsophila permixtaGuss.
    • Gypsophila rigidaL.
    • Gypsophila saxifragaL.
    • Gypsophila scabraSchult. ex Steud.
    • Imperatia filiformisMoench
    • Kohlrauschia saxifraga(L.) Dandy
    • Silene tunicaE.H.L.Krause
    • Tunica arenicolaNyman
    • Tunica ciliataDulac
    • Tunica erectaJord. & Fourr.
    • Tunica saxifraga(L.) Scop.
    • Tunica xerophilaJord. & Fourr.

Petrorhagia saxifraga, known as tunic flower or coat flower, is a small, herbaceous flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. [1] [2] It is native to parts of Europe and introduced to the United States and Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden. [1] [2] Petrorhagia saxifraga is also known as tunic saxifrage, pink saxifrage, or just pink. [3] [4]

It is a wiry plant with numerous branching stems, narrow leaves, and flowers growing solitary at the ends of branches. The petals range from pink to white. [5] It is commonly cultivated in rock gardens and used along borders, escaping to grow in lawns, along roadsides, along shorelines, and in other sandy disturbed areas. [2] [4] [6]

Tunic flower was originally described as Dianthus saxifragus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and renamed Petrorhagia saxifraga in 1831. [7] [8] The genus and species name refer to its natural habitat: rock crevices. [3] Two subspecies are accepted:

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