Micranthes marshallii |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Idaho saxifrage, Marshall's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants in groups or sometimes mat-forming, rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. |
Leaves | 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, 1–10 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 | 15–50+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 20–40 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | 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 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 | greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
greenish to yellow, folliclelike. |
2n | = 20. |
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Micranthes marshallii |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Deeply shaded watercourses, stream banks, seeps | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps |
Elevation | 100-1000 m (300-3300 ft) | 500-1200 m (1600-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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NC; TN; VA; WV |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 63. | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga marshallii | Saxifraga caroliniana |
Name authority | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 145. 1905 , | (A. Gray) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) |
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