:Chrysosplenium

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Chrysosplenium alternifolium BavariaMay2005a.jpg

|image_caption = Chrysosplenium alternifolium

|taxon = Chrysosplenium

|authority = L. (1753)[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=107013 Chrysosplenium.] Flora of North America.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 84; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30129301-2 Chrysosplenium L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

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Chrysosplenium (golden saxifrage or golden-saxifrage) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae. It includes 84 species found throughout the Arctic and northern temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The highest species diversity is in eastern Asia, and some species are found disjunctly in South America.Soltis, D.E. (2001). [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/5/883 Phylogenetic relationships and evolution in Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) based on matK sequence data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626094651/http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/5/883 |date=2010-06-26 }}. Am J Bot 88:883-893{{Cite web |title=Chrysosplenium L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30129301-2 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

They are soft herbaceous perennial plants growing to 20 centimeters tall, typically in wet, shady locations in forests. The leaves are rounded, palmately veined, with a lobed margin and arranged either alternately or opposite, depending on the species. The flowers are small, yellow or yellowish-green, with four petals; they are produced in small clusters at the apex of the shoots surrounded by leafy bracts. Most of the growth and flowering is in early spring, when more light is available under deciduous trees.

Species

84 species are accepted.

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Culinary uses

The leaves and stems of golden saxifrage (C. alternifolium and C. oppositifolium) can be eaten in salads or as cooked greens.Crawford, Martin. How to grow Perennial Vegetables. Green Books, 2012, p. 114

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