{"id":954,"date":"2014-09-16T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=954"},"modified":"2014-11-14T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:50:50","slug":"purple-saxifrage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/purple-saxifrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Saxifrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Purple Saxifrage <em>(Saxifraga oppositifolia)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/saxifraga_oppositifolia.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239\" style=\"display:block; float:left; padding-right:2%; overflow:hidden; min-width:40%; max-width:100%; vertical-align: text-top;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/saxifraga_oppositifolia.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Also known as: <\/strong>french knot moss<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/flower.gif\" alt=\"flower\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/meadow.gif\" alt=\"meadow\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/tundra.gif\" alt=\"tundra\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloom time: <\/strong>April &#8211; May<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:5%; overflow:hidden;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/saxifraga_oppositifolia_1238635054.jpg\">Saxifraga oppositifolia past mid bloom <\/a><br \/>\n  credit: Linda Kershaw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General: <\/strong>Low, matted cushion plant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaves &#038; Twigs: <\/strong>The plant&#8217;s short stems are completely covered by many tiny (3-6 mm) pairs of overlapping, grey-green, scale-like leaves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers &#038; Fruits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:5%; overflow:hidden;\">\n<li>Purple (and rarely, white), star-shaped flowers (1 cm wide) are large in comparison to the leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Flowers grow on short stalks, often in great profusion, above the cushion of leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>This species of saxifrage occupies moist, calcium-rich gravel areas in arctic and alpine environments. It also colonizes barren, exposed rock and damp crevices in cliffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlantWatch Pointers: <\/strong>If these plants are very abundant, mark a patch 1 metre square to observe. Otherwise, tag a single cushion plant. The whole cushion plant tends to flower at once.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>To Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First bloom: when the first flower is open in the observed plants.<\/li>\n<li>Mid bloom: when the first flower petal on any individual flower wrinkles or loses its colour in the observed plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Distribution Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/saxifraga_oppositifolia_map.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution Map\" width=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <strong>This species is monitored in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alberta<\/li>\n<li>British Columbia<\/li>\n<li>Manitoba<\/li>\n<li>Northwest Territories<\/li>\n<li>Nunavut<\/li>\n<li>Ontario<\/li>\n<li>Quebec<\/li>\n<li>Yukon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 2% 5%; padding: 1%; border-left: 5px solid #fdb714; background-color: #ff8200; float: left; width: 90%; color: #fff; font-style:italic;\"><p>In Canada&#8217;s North, the blooming of purple saxifrage coincides with calving in caibou herds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) Also known as: french knot moss Bloom time: April &#8211; May Additional photos: Saxifraga oppositifolia past mid bloom credit: Linda Kershaw General: Low, matted cushion plant. 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