Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage

Chrysosplenium alternifolium is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known as the alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage. It is a mat-forming perennial of wet places that grows between 5 and 15 cm (2 and 6 in) tall. It blooms from March onward.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Chrysosplenium iowense
• Chrysosplenium serreanum
• Chrysosplenium pilosum
• Chrysosplenium japonicum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Saxifragaceae

Genus

Chrysosplenium

Species

Chrysosplenium alternifolium

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