Micranthes odontoloma |
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brook saxifrage, stream saxifrage, streambank saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or sometimes grouped, rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole rounded, 2–30 cm; blade round, 7–40 cm, thin to slightly fleshy, base cordate to truncate, margins regularly dentate, eciliate, surfaces sparsely brownish hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Inflorescences | 10–30+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 20–65(–85) cm, glabrous proximally, purple-tipped subsessile-glandular distally. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed, ovate to elliptic; petals white, each with 2 basal yellow spots, round to broadly elliptic, clawed, 3–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments strongly club-shaped, (to 6 mm); pistils connate ca. 1/2 their lengths; ovary superior. |
Capsules | green to purple, ± folliclelike. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
Micranthes odontoloma |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early autumn. |
Habitat | Wet meadows and stream banks |
Elevation | 1500-4000 m (4900-13100 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 56. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga odontoloma |
Name authority | (Piper) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 8: 60. 1912 , |
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