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Chrysosplenium glechomifolium

Pacific golden-saxifrage, Pacific watercarpet
Habit Glabrous, prostrate, mat-forming perennial, the stems dichotomously branched, freely rooting, up to 2 dm. long.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, with petioles up to 2 cm. long;

leaf blades oval to broadly ovate, their bases truncate to wedge-shaped, or reniform, with about 15-20 shallow, rounded teeth.
Flowers

Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils, on short pedicles, about 3 mm. broad;

sepals 4, rounded;

petals wanting;

stamens 8.
Fruits

Capsule 3-4 mm. long, carpels fused their length.

Chrysosplenium glechomifolium
Flowering time March-May
Habitat Moist, usually swampy places, mostly at low elevations.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to northwest California.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. tetrandrum
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