Editing Saxifragaceae (section)

== Description  ==
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Species are [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] [[Perennial plant|perennials]] (rarely [[Annual plant|annual]] or [[biennial plant|biennial]]), sometimes [[Succulent plant|succulent]] or [[Xerophyte|xerophytic]], often with perennating [[rhizome]]s. The [[Leaf|leaves]] are usually basally aggregated in alternate rosettes, sometimes on [[inflorescence]] stems. They are usually simple, rarely pinnately or palmately compound. Their margins may be entire, deeply lobed, cleft, crenate or dentate and petiolate with stipules.{{sfn|Byng|2014}}{{sfn|Christenhusz et al|2017}}

The inflorescences are bracteate racemes or cymes. The [[flower]]s are [[hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic]] (bisexual), rarely unisexual ([[Androdioecy|androdioecious]]), [[Floral symmetry#Actinomorphic|actinomorphic]] (rarely [[Floral symmetry#Zygomorphic|zygomorphic]]). The [[perianth]] is placed on a hypanthium that may be free or may be partly fused with the [[Ovary (botany)|ovary]] (which is then semi-inferior). There are usually five [[sepal]]s, but there may be three to ten, fused with the hypanthium, occasionally petaloid. The [[petal]]s are clawed, sometimes cleft at the tip or finely dissected. Flowers have five to ten [[stamen]]s, free and opposite the petals, with the anthers usually basifixed and opening by lengthwise slits. The ovary is inferior to semi-inferior with two (sometimes three) [[Gynoecium#Carpels|carpel]]s usually fused at the base, sometimes free, each topped with stylodium and capitate stigma. The [[ovule]]s are few to many, with axile or parietal placentation and two to three [[Stigma (botany)#Style|styles]]. The [[fruit]] is usually a septicidal capsule or follicle, with numerous small [[seed]]s.{{sfn|Byng|2014}}{{sfn|Christenhusz et al|2017}}