Micranthes marshallii |
Micranthes integrifolia |
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Idaho saxifrage, Marshall's saxifrage |
Columbian saxifrage, grassland saxifrage, northwestern saxifrage, smooth leaf saxifrage, swamp saxifrage, whole-leaf saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants in groups or sometimes mat-forming, rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or in clumps, (sometimes gynodioecious), often with bulbils on caudices, or short-rhizomatous. |
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, 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. |
Inflorescences | 15–50+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 20–40 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
(15–)20+-flowered, open to ± congested, conic thyrses, (usually branched, lateral cymules ± open), 12–35 cm, densely pink- to 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 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. |
Capsules | greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
reddish or purplish, folliclelike. |
2n | = 20. |
= 38. |
Micranthes marshallii |
Micranthes integrifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering late winter–spring. |
Habitat | Deeply shaded watercourses, stream banks, seeps | Vernally moist meadows, grassy slopes, rock outcrops |
Elevation | 100-1000 m (300-3300 ft) | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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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. 63. | FNA vol. 8, p. 67. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga marshallii | Saxifraga integrifolia |
Name authority | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 145. 1905 , | (Hooker) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 137. 1905 , |
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