Herbs perennial, 15-30 cm tall. Rhizomes thick, scaly. Leaves all basal; petiole 3-9 cm, sheathing base glabrous at margin; leaf blade narrowly to broadly obovate or elliptic, 5-12.5 × 3.5-9.5 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous and ± glandular pitted, base usually cuneate, rarely rounded, margin sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence cymose, 3.5-13 cm, many flowered; branches and pedicels subsessile glandular. Hypanthium subsessile glandular. Sepals erect, obovate to broadly triangular-obovate, 3-4 × 2-4 mm, leathery, abaxially subsessile glandular, veins many, margin glabrous, apex obtuse or retuse. Petals purple, elliptic to broadly ovate, 7-8 × 4.6-5 mm, veins many, base narrowed into a claw ca. 1 mm, apex retuse. Stamens ca. 4.5 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm; styles 2, ca. 2.5 mm. Fl. May-Sep. 2n = 34. 10–30 cm hoch, mit dickfleischigem, oberirdischem Rhizom, dieses mit vorjährigen Blattresten. Blätter gross, rundlich bis oval, Durchmesser 10–20 cm, fein gezähnt und bewimpert, mit eingesenkten Drüsen, in den Stiel verschmälert bis herzförmig. 2–4. Als Zierpflanze kultiviert und gelegentlich verwildert. 10–30 cm hoch, mit dickfleischigem, oberirdischem Rhizom, dieses mit vorjährigen Blattresten. Blätter gross, rundlich bis oval, Durchmesser 10–20 cm, fein gezähnt und bewimpert, mit eingesenkten Drüsen, in den Stiel verschmälert bis herzförmig. 2–4. Als Zierpflanze kultiviert und gelegentlich verwildert. Herbs perennial, 15-30 cm tall. Rhizomes thick, scaly. Leaves all basal; petiole 3-9 cm, sheathing base glabrous at margin; leaf blade narrowly to broadly obovate or elliptic, 5-12.5 × 3.5-9.5 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous and ± glandular pitted, base usually cuneate, rarely rounded, margin sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence cymose, 3.5-13 cm, many flowered; branches and pedicels subsessile glandular. Hypanthium subsessile glandular. Sepals erect, obovate to broadly triangular-obovate, 3-4 × 2-4 mm, leathery, abaxially subsessile glandular, veins many, margin glabrous, apex obtuse or retuse. Petals purple, elliptic to broadly ovate, 7-8 × 4.6-5 mm, veins many, base narrowed into a claw ca. 1 mm, apex retuse. Stamens ca. 4.5 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm; styles 2, ca. 2.5 mm. Fl. May-Sep. 2n = 34.General Information
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General Information
| Name | Language | Country | |
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| Bergénie | French | CH |
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| Bergenie | German | CH |
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| Bergenia | Italian | CH |
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