Micranthes hitchcockiana |
Micranthes marshallii |
Micranthes nidifica |
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Hitchcock's saxifrage, Saddle Mountain saxifrage |
Idaho saxifrage, Marshall's saxifrage |
Columbia saxifrage, meadow saxifrage, peak saxifrage, swamp saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in clumps, short-rhizomatous. | Plants in groups or sometimes mat-forming, rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or in clumps, with bulbils on caudices. |
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. |
basal; petiole flattened, 3–15 cm; blade ovate, 1–5 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins shallowly crenate-serrate (teeth ca. 2 mm), eciliate, surfaces sparsely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrate adaxially. |
basal; petiole flattened, 1.5–5.5 cm; blade ± ovate to elliptic, 3–6(–7.5) cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margins entire or minutely denticulate, ciliate, surfaces glabrate to sparsely hairy. |
Inflorescences | 70+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 15–35 cm, tangled, yellow-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
15–50+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 20–40 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
30+-flowered, lax, cylindric thyrses with 3–10, ± compact cymules, 10–30 cm, ± densely pink- to purple-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. |
sepals reflexed, lanceolate to oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots (often faded when dried), ovate, clawed, 1.5–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments strongly club-shaped, sometimes petaloid (short-clawed, equaling petals); pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
sepals strongly reflexed, broadly ovate to deltate; petals white to greenish white, not spotted, usually elliptic to obovate, clawed, 1–1.9 mm, equaling or shorter than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior. |
Capsules | greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
green or reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 76. |
= 20. |
= 38. |
Micranthes hitchcockiana |
Micranthes marshallii |
Micranthes nidifica |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Wet rocks and ledges on mountain-top balds | Deeply shaded watercourses, stream banks, seeps | Open meadows, shrub-lands, gravelly slopes, edges of and open pine forests |
Elevation | 600-1100 m (2000-3600 ft) | 100-1000 m (300-3300 ft) | 100-2600 m (300-8500 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA; OR
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CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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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.) |
Micranthes nidifica is polymorphic and merges to some extent with M. fragosa in limited areas of southern Washington and northern Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 70. | FNA vol. 8, p. 63. | FNA vol. 8, p. 68. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga hitchcockiana | Saxifraga marshallii | Saxifraga nidifica, M. plantaginea, Saxifraga columbiana, Saxifraga integrifolia var. columbiana, Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala, Saxifraga montana, Saxifraga plantaginea |
Name authority | (Elvander) Brouillet & Gornall: Novon 18: 138. 2008 , | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 145. 1905 , | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 134. (1905) |
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