Saxifraga oppositifolia
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| Lake Constance Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. amphibia) |
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| distribution: Austria: Lake Constance Germany: Lake Constance / Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria Switzerland: Lake Constance |
| local name: Bodensee-Steinbrech - Germany |
| size: ? extinction date: last seen in 1967 |
| This subspecies of the
Opposite-leaved Saxifrage was once distributed around the Lake Constance,
where it was a member of the lakeshore community. The last specimens where found in the year 1965. Unfortunately this form seems to have never been held in cultivation. |
| References: - Michael Dienst; Markus Peintinger; Irene Strang: Rückgang der Strandrasen-Arten am Bodenseeufer – Verbreitungs- karten von Myosotis rehsteineri und Saxifraga oppositifolia subsp. amphibia. – AGBU-Thema des Monats November 2004, Konstanz |