Micranthes odontoloma |
Micranthes razshivinii |
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brook saxifrage, stream saxifrage, streambank saxifrage |
large-petal saxifrage, razshivin's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or sometimes grouped, rhizomatous. | Plants solitary or in clusters, 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. |
basal; petiole ± distinct to indistinct, flattened, (0.3–)0.5–3 cm; blade oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, sometimes ± narrowly obovate, (0.5–)0.9–3.5 cm, ± fleshy, base ± attenuate to cuneate, margins (3–)5–7(–9)-toothed in distal 1/2 (teeth 0.5 mm), sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 10–30+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 20–65(–85) cm, glabrous proximally, purple-tipped subsessile-glandular distally. |
(2–)4–16-flowered, open, racemiform, sometimes paniculiform thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 3–15.5(–17 in fruit) cm, glabrous; (bracts reduced). |
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 or lanceolate to ovate; petals white to cream, often purplish, not spotted, linear to ± narrowly elliptic, not clawed, 2–4 mm, usually longer to sometimes shorter than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths, (conic); ovary ± 1/2 inferior. |
Capsules | green to purple, ± folliclelike. |
dark purple-black, valvate. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
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Micranthes odontoloma |
Micranthes razshivinii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early autumn. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Wet meadows and stream banks | Tundra, stream banks, alpine rocky slopes |
Elevation | 1500-4000 m (4900-13100 ft) | 400-2000 m (1300-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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AK; NT; YT |
Discussion | Micranthes razshivinii is found in eastern Alaska (eastern Brooks Range, from Atigun Pass eastward and from Mount McKinley National Park eastward) into Yukon and in the Mackenzie and Richardson mountains in the Northwest Territories. Its leaves are generally narrower than those of M. calycina and the teeth are less numerous. The glabrous inflorescence branches of M. razshivinii readily distinguish it from M. calycina, which has hairy branches. The ranges of the two species may overlap or at least abut in the Atigun Pass area of the Brooks Range, in the Mount McKinley National Park area, and possibly in the Saint Elias Mountains. Hybrids would be very difficult to distinguish from the parents but may occur. They have not been observed in the material examined. Plants of this species sometimes have been misidentified as M. davurica (Willdenow) Small, a species restricted to eastern Siberia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 56. | FNA vol. 8, p. 59. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga odontoloma | Saxifraga razshivinii |
Name authority | (Piper) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 8: 60. 1912 , | (Zhmylev) Brouillet & Gornall: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1021. (2007) |
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