Micranthes eriophora |
Micranthes unalaschcensis |
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redfuzz saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices. | Plants solitary or tufted, 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, 1–2 cm; blade broadly obovate to round, 1–3.5 cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate, margins distally toothed, sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous. |
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. |
2–10-flowered, open thyrses, racemiform distally, sometimes solitary flowers, 3–15 cm, tangled-hairy. |
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, ovate; petals white to cream or pinkish, not spotted, elliptic to oblong, ± clawed, 3.5–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary at least 1/2 inferior. |
Capsules | purplish, valvate. |
dark purple, valvate. |
Micranthes eriophora |
Micranthes unalaschcensis |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–early summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and ledges | Tundra, flushes, stream banks, slopes |
Elevation | 1900-3000 m (6200-9800 ft) | 0-600 m (0-2000 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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AK; e Asia (Russian Far East) |
Discussion | The ovaries and capsules of Micranthes unalaschensis are ovoid, thicker and plumper than those of M. calycina and M. razshivinii, which are conic (E. Hultén 1968). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 64. | FNA vol. 8, p. 60. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga eriophora | Saxifraga unalaschensis, Saxifraga calycina subsp. unalaschensis, Saxifraga davurica var. unalaschensis |
Name authority | (S. Watson) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 142. (1905) | (Sternberg) Gornall & H. Ohba: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1022. (2007) |
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