Saxifraga fusca subsp. fusca ("Kurokumoso")

Japanese name: クロクモソウ （黒雲草）
Scientific name: Saxifraga fusca subsp. fusca

[Overview]
A perennial 10–30 cm tall, found on wet rocks and in grassland along mountain streams.
It has creeping rhizomes.
The leaves arise from the base and are round-reniform, 2–8 cm across, with coarse ovate teeth on the margin.
The leaves are almost hairless on both sides.
A sparse panicle is borne at the tip of the flower stalk.
The flower stalk and flower stalklets have fine hairs.
The flowers are purplish brown to pale green with 5 petals, and the disc is raised in a ring.
There are 10 stamens, and the anthers are orange.
The fruit is a capsule.

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