Micranthes nelsoniana |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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dotted saxifrage, heartleaf saxifrage, Nelson's saxifrage, saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on branched caudices, rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. | ||||||||||||||||
Leaves | basal; petiole rounded, 3–30 cm; blade reniform to round, 2–9 cm, thin or slightly fleshy, sometimes thick and fleshy, base cordate, margins deeply crenate, eciliate or sparsely short glandular-ciliate, surfaces glabrous or ± 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. |
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Inflorescences | 10+-flowered, ± open, lax to congested, conic, sometimes also glomerate thyrses, 10–35 cm, tangled-hairy (pilose-arachnoid) at least distally, sometimes also purple- or brown-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
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Flowers | sepals reflexed, ± ovate; petals white to pinkish, rarely orange-spotted, ovate to oblong, narrowly to broadly clawed, 2.5–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments distinctly club-shaped; pistils connate 1/2–3/4 their lengths; 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. |
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Capsules | green to yellow and purplish tinged to dark purple, valvate. |
greenish to yellow, folliclelike. |
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Micranthes nelsoniana |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 500-1200 m (1600-3900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
AK; OR; WA; AB; BC; NT; NU; YT; Europe (ne Russia); Asia
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NC; TN; VA; WV |
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Discussion | Varieties 6 (5 in the flora). Although sometimes reported for North America, Saxifraga nelsoniana var. aestivalis (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) H. Ohba (S. aestivalis Fischer & C. A. Meyer) is found only in Eurasia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 54. | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Saxifraga nelsoniana, Saxifraga punctata subsp. nelsoniana, Saxifraga punctata var. nelsoniana | Saxifraga caroliniana | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | (D. Don) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 147. 1905 , | (A. Gray) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) | ||||||||||||||||
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