Micranthes ferruginea |
Micranthes idahoensis |
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Alaska saxifrage, rusty hair saxifrage, rusty saxifrage |
Idaho saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices, short-rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. |
Leaves | basal; petiole indistinct, flattened, to 2 cm; blade spatulate to oblanceolate, 1–8(–10) cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate, margins irregularly serrate (usually with fewer than 12 coarse teeth), ciliate, surfaces hairy. |
basal; petiole flattened, 1–5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–4 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins shallowly serrate to dentate (teeth usually to 1 mm), sparsely ciliate, surfaces tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrate adaxially. |
Inflorescences | 20–30+-flowered, (flowers sometimes replaced ± completely by bulbils, or bulbils sometimes absent), open, lax thyrses, 10–40 cm, moderately to ± densely purple stipitate-glandular; (bracts reduced). |
15+-flowered, open thyrses, (flowers ± crowded at tips, becoming more open in fruit), 10–40 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | ± bilaterally symmetric; sepals reflexed, ovate to oblong; petals white, 3 with 2 basal yellow spots, 2 without spots, elliptic to oblanceolate, clawed, 3–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
sepals reflexed, ovate to oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots (often faded when dried), elliptic to ovate, clawed to nearly not clawed, 1–3.5 mm, ± equaling sepals; filaments club-shaped, not petaloid, (equaling petals); pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green or yellow, sometimes purple tinged, or partly purple, valvate. |
green to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
Micranthes ferruginea |
Micranthes idahoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early autumn. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Wet ledges, seepage slopes, stream banks | Open ledges and slopes |
Elevation | 10-2700 m (0-8900 ft) | 500-2500 m (1600-8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT
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ID; MT; OR; WA
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Discussion | Plants with bulbils replacing flowers are more common in the southern part (southern Alberta and British Columbia southwards) of the range of Micranthes ferruginea and have been called Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Micranthes idahoensis appears to hybridize with M. occidentalis where their ranges overlap. Intermediates are abundant in some populations along the Idaho-Montana border and in Montana. This phenomenon may explain the range of filament shapes found in M. occidentalis, from flattened to sightly club-shaped. The issue of the status of M. idahoensis with respect to M. marshallii (D. L. Krause and K. I. Beamish 1972) is best deferred until a thorough study of the whole complex over its entire range is done. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 58. | FNA vol. 8, p. 64. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga ferruginea, Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii, Saxifraga ferruginea var. newcombei, Saxifraga ferruginea var. vreelandii, Saxifraga newcombei | Saxifraga idahoensis, Saxifraga marshallii subsp. idahoensis, Saxifraga marshallii var. idahoensis, Saxifraga occidentalis var. idahoensis |
Name authority | (Graham) Brouillet & Gornall: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. 2007 , | (Piper) Brouillet & Gornall: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. 2007 , |
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