Micranthes oregana |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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bog saxifrage, Oregon or bogsaxifrage, Oregon saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in clusters, with caudex or thick, fleshy rhizomes. | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. |
Leaves | basal; petiole indistinct, flattened, 3–10 cm; blade linear to oblanceolate, 6–25 cm, fleshy, base cuneate, margins serrulate to denticulate, ciliate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely 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. |
Inflorescences | (30–)50+-flowered, open to ± crowded, conic to cylindric thyrses, 25–125 cm, hairy proximally, yellow- to pink-tipped stipitate-glandular distally. |
15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed, ovate to triangular; petals white, not spotted, broadly elliptic to obovate and 2 times as long as sepals, sometimes oblanceolate and equaling or shorter than sepals, clawed, 2–5 mm; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior, often appearing superior in fruit. |
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 reddish purple, folliclelike. |
greenish to yellow, folliclelike. |
2n | = 38, 76. |
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Micranthes oregana |
Micranthes caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Bogs, marshes | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps |
Elevation | 100-2500 m (300-8200 ft) | 500-1200 m (1600-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; AB
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NC; TN; VA; WV |
Discussion | In both habitat and morphology, Micranthes oregana is similar to M. pensylvanica. A thorough investigation of the two species, especially the populations in Colorado that are disjunct from those in Montana, is needed to clarify relationships. The name Saxifraga integrifolia was misapplied to M. oregana by early California authors. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 67. | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga oregana, Saxifraga montanensis, Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis | Saxifraga caroliniana |
Name authority | (Howell) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 138. 1905 , | (A. Gray) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) |
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