Chrysosplenium pilosum
Chrysosplenium pilosum, the hairy golden saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family. It was first described by Karl Maximovich in 1859.
It is a perennial species, and the fruit is a capsule.
Infraspecifics
It has a 7 infraspecifics, some with numerous synonyms.
In South Korea, where it is known as Chrysosplenium barbatum, Chrysosplenium pilosum var. barbatum is said by Plants of the World online to be found only on Jeju Island. However, the South Korean authority states that it is found throughout Korea (and this is shown also in GBIF).
The variety aureobracteatum (yellowish-bract golden saxifrage) was first described in 2015 as the species Chrysosplenium aureabracteatum by Kim Yong-in and Kim Young-Dong, and was transferred to a variety of C. pilosum in 2017 by Kim Muyeol. This variety is found only in Korea.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in far-east Russia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, Japan and China, growing in shaded and moist areas of the forest understorey, and in rock crevices, at altitudes of 1500 to 3500 m.
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