Micranthes bryophora |
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bud saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. |
Leaves | ± basal; petiole absent; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 0.5–4 cm, fleshy, base cuneate, margins subentire, ciliate, surfaces hirsute. |
Inflorescences | usually 2–3+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, (flowers terminal, proximal usually replaced by bulbils, sometimes bulbils absent), 2–25 cm, stipitate-glandular. (Pedicels reflexed.) Flowers: sepals reflexed, elliptic; petals white, each with 2 basal yellow spots, triangular to broadly ovate, clawed, 3–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green to yellow, purple tinged, valvate. |
Micranthes bryophora |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Wet meadows, rocky ledges |
Elevation | 1600-4500 m (5200-14800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID
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Discussion | Specimens of Micranthes bryophora from the disjunct populations in Idaho have been called Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae; they appear to overlap in morphology with the California plants and are not distinguished here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 58. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga bryophora, Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Brouillet & Gornall: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. (2007) |
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