Micranthes integrifolia |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Columbian saxifrage, grassland saxifrage, northwestern saxifrage, smooth leaf saxifrage, swamp saxifrage, whole-leaf saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in clumps, (sometimes gynodioecious), often with bulbils on caudices, or short-rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 0.5–4 cm; blade narrowly to broadly ovate, 2–7 cm, ± leathery, base attenuate, margins entire or minutely denticulate, usually ciliate, surfaces sparsely to moderately hairy. |
basal; petiole flattened, 1–10 cm; blade broadly ovate to elliptic, 2–14 cm, thin to slightly fleshy, base truncate, margins deeply dentate (teeth 2+ mm), sparsely glandular-ciliate, surfaces densely white-hairy. |
Inflorescences | (15–)20+-flowered, open to ± congested, conic thyrses, (usually branched, lateral cymules ± open), 12–35 cm, densely pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals spreading to slightly reflexed, ovate; petals white, not spotted, obovate, clawed, 2–4 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior. |
sepals reflexed, oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots (distinct even in dried material), ovate to elliptic, short-clawed, 2–4 mm, much longer than sepals; filaments elongate, (longer than petals), club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior. |
Capsules | reddish or purplish, folliclelike. |
greenish to yellow, folliclelike. |
2n | = 38. |
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Micranthes integrifolia |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Vernally moist meadows, grassy slopes, rock outcrops | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps |
Elevation | 0-1800 m [0-5900 ft] | 500-1200 m [1600-3900 ft] |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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NC; TN; VA; WV |
Discussion | The occasional occurrence of sterile pollen has been noted in this as well as in other species of Micranthes (as Saxifraga, K. I. Beamish 1961). Some populations exhibit gynodioecism (P. E. Elvander 1982). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 67. | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga integrifolia | Saxifraga caroliniana |
Name authority | (Hooker) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 137. 1905 , | (A. Gray) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) |
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