Scientific Name:	Mukdenia rossii
Pronunciation:	muck-DEE-nee-uh ROSS-ee-eye
Common Name:	mukdenia
Family Name:	Saxifragaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves long stalked, palmately veined with 5-9 lobes; florets with 6 white sepals and 6 smaller white petals.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Spreading Form: Mounded Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Perennial border, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include M. 'Crimson Fans'.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Bronze, Dark-red, Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Orbicular Bases: Cordate Margins: Dentate, Palmately lobed

Inflorescence Type: Corymb-like, Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 6 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, White, (dark red centres) Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: May, Jun, Jul Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:

Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Slugs or snails, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant )

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North : cv. Crimson Fans - left side of arbour by Hedera Location Map

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