Micranthes nelsoniana |
Micranthes nudicaulis |
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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 in clusters, stoloniferous, rhizomatous. | ||||||||||||||||
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 rounded, 0.5–3.5 cm, (base expanded, stipulelike); blade somewhat reniform, (± evenly lobed), 0.5–2.5 cm, ± fleshy, base cordate to truncate, margins entire, sparsely glandular-ciliate, surfaces glabrous. |
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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. |
5–20-flowered, branched cymes or flat-topped thyrses, 5–16 cm, sparsely 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 or, sometimes, spreading, triangular; petals white to cream (rarely pink), not spotted, broadly elliptic to ovate, short-clawed, 4–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
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Capsules | green to yellow and purplish tinged to dark purple, valvate. |
dark purple-black, valvate. |
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2n | = 40. |
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Micranthes nelsoniana |
Micranthes nudicaulis |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Wet flushes, stream banks | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
AK; OR; WA; AB; BC; NT; NU; YT; Europe (ne Russia); Asia
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AK; e Asia (Russian Far East) |
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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. 59. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Saxifraga nelsoniana, Saxifraga punctata subsp. nelsoniana, Saxifraga punctata var. nelsoniana | Saxifraga nudicaulis | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | (D. Don) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 147. 1905 , | (D. Don) Gornall & H. Ohba: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1021. (2007) | ||||||||||||||||
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