Micranthes odontoloma |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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brook saxifrage, stream saxifrage, streambank saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or sometimes grouped, rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. |
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. |
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 | 10–30+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 20–65(–85) cm, glabrous proximally, purple-tipped subsessile-glandular distally. |
15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
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. |
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 | green to purple, ± folliclelike. |
greenish to yellow, folliclelike. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
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Micranthes odontoloma |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early autumn. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Wet meadows and stream banks | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps |
Elevation | 1500-4000 m (4900-13100 ft) | 500-1200 m (1600-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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NC; TN; VA; WV |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 56. | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga odontoloma | Saxifraga caroliniana |
Name authority | (Piper) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 8: 60. 1912 , | (A. Gray) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) |
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