Micranthes eriophora |
Micranthes palmeri |
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redfuzz saxifrage |
Palmer'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. |
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, 1–9 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 2–8 cm, slightly fleshy, base attenuate, margins entire or subentire, ciliate, surfaces tangled, reddish brown-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. |
30+-flowered, (flowers sometimes almost secund), very open, lax thyrses, 6–50 cm, hairy proximally, densely so distally. |
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 erect to ascending, ovate to triangular; petals white, not spotted, broadly oblong to elliptic, not clawed, 3–6 mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary ± superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | purplish, valvate. |
green with reddish or purplish tinge, or reddish purple, folliclelike. |
Micranthes eriophora |
Micranthes palmeri |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–early summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and ledges | Rocky, open woodlands |
Elevation | 1900-3000 m (6200-9800 ft) | 100-1000 m (300-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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AR; OK |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 64. | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Saxifraga eriophora | Saxifraga palmeri, Saxifraga virginiensis var. subintegra |
Name authority | (S. Watson) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 142. (1905) | Bush: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 221. 1928 , |
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