Micranthes hitchcockiana |
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Hitchcock's saxifrage, Saddle Mountain saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in clumps, short-rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole often indistinct, flattened, 5–50 mm; blade elliptic to obovate, 4–12 cm, slightly fleshy, base cuneate, margins serrate to dentate, densely ciliate, surfaces densely tangled-hairy. |
Inflorescences | 70+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 15–35 cm, tangled, yellow-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed, elliptic to ovate; petals white, not spotted, elliptic, clawed, 2–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2 inferior, appearing more superior in fruit. |
Capsules | greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 76. |
Micranthes hitchcockiana |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Wet rocks and ledges on mountain-top balds |
Elevation | 600-1100 m (2000-3600 ft) |
Distribution |
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Micranthes hitchcockiana may have originated from hybridization between M. rufidula and M. oregana (P. E. Elvander 1984; W. E. Perkins 1978). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 70. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga hitchcockiana |
Name authority | (Elvander) Brouillet & Gornall: Novon 18: 138. 2008 , |
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