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Tunic Flower [Petrorhagia saxifraga]

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Common Name: Tunic Flower
Scientic Name: Petrorhagia saxifraga
Colors: Red, White
Months Appearing: June

Others names Coat Flower, Pink, Pink Saxifrage and Tunic Saxifrage.

An excape from cultivation. Small herbaceous plant.

Sandy, gravelly places.

Flowers less than 1 cm, solitary. Pink or white.

Numerous branching stems. Narrow leaves.

Gravel parking lot, Farm and Garden Store, Big Rapids, Michigan. June 19.

Attributes

Height of Plant

1 foot or less (30 cm)