Micranthes eriophora |
Micranthes californica |
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redfuzz saxifrage |
California saxifrage, Greene's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices. | Plants solitary or in clumps, with bulbils on caudices, or rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 0.5–2.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–2 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins sharply serrate, sparsely to densely ciliate (some glandular-tipped), surfaces densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
basal; petiole flattened, 2–5 cm; blade ovate, 2–7 cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margins serrate, rarely subentire, ciliate, surfaces hairy. |
Inflorescences | 10+-flowered, (flowers often secund), very open, lax, often flat-topped thyrses with distant lateral branches, 6–25 cm, pink- to purplish-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
20+-flowered, (flowers often secund), open, lax thyrses with distant lateral branches, 15–30(–40) cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals erect, triangular; petals white, sometimes purplish-tipped, not spotted, obovate to elliptic, not clawed or barely clawed, 4–7 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary 1/3–1/2 inferior. |
sepals reflexed, sometimes spreading, triangular to ovate; petals white, not spotted, elliptic to oblong, clawed, 2.5–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior, appearing superior in fruit. |
Capsules | purplish, valvate. |
purplish, folliclelike. |
Micranthes eriophora |
Micranthes californica |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–early summer. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and ledges | Shaded fields, rocky or unstable slopes, stream banks |
Elevation | 1900-3000 m (6200-9800 ft) | 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 64. | FNA vol. 8, p. 64. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga eriophora | Saxifraga californica, M. parvifolia, Saxifraga fallax, Saxifraga hallii, Saxifraga parvifolia, Saxifraga virginiensis var. californica |
Name authority | (S. Watson) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 142. (1905) | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 140. (1905) |
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