English: Creeping saxifrage; Strawberry saxifrage; Creeping rockfoil; Strawberry begonia; Strawberry geranium; Aaron's beard; Mother of thousands; Roving sailor; Wandering Jew.
Synonym: Saxifraga ligulata.
Indian: Pasanadheda.
Source: Ayurveda.
Region: Himalayas; China, Japan, Korea; introduced in temperate regions of Eurasia and in North America.
Habitat: forests, bushes, meadows, even on rocks; altitudes of 400 to 4500 meters; sheltered spot in full or partial shade.
Content: quercetin, with anti-cancer activity.
Uses: leaves fresh or cooked in Japanese cuisine; herbal remedy; ornamental, popular garden flower, ground cover.
BotanyPerennial flowering herb; spreads via threadlike stolons; 10 to 20 cm tall.
Leaves: scale-shaped; petiole 15-21 cm long; basal leaves are green above with silver gray nerves and reddish below; top of her hairy spit is round in outline and irregularly serrated at the edge, trimmed at the base, rounded or heart-shaped; stem leaves are lanceolate and only 6 mm long and 2 mm wide.
Inflorescence: loose, paniculate; with 7 to 60 flowers.
Flowers: small zygomorphous; bloom May to August; sepals are protruding or struck back; petals 5, whit; 2 petals characteristically longer than the rest, lanceolate, 6-15 mm long and 2-4 mm wide, pointed; smaller petals are red or yellow dotted, 2-4 mm long and 1-2 mm wide; stamens are 4.5 mm long; ovary is pale yellow to bright yellow.