Compared with chrysosplenium alternifolium, chrysosplenium oppositifolium has opposite rather than alternate leaves, shorter stems, greener bracts, yellow rather than brownish stamens, and shallowly toothed leaves, lacking notches between the teeth.
Common name:
Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage
Family:
Scientific name:
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK; least common in parts of southeast England
Height:
Up to 15 cm (flowering stems); plants form low mats, with prostrate non-flowering stems
Habitat:
Streambanks, damp woodland, rocky places in mountains
Flowers:
Up to 5 mm in diameter; four yellowish-green sepals (no petals), in a flat, cross-shape, with eight yellow-tipped stamens and two carpels at the centre, subtended by larger green, leaf-like bracts
Leaves:
Opposite, rounded, shallowly toothed, on short stalks
Season:
March to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
