Micranthes oregana |
Micranthes rufidula |
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bog saxifrage, Oregon or bogsaxifrage, Oregon saxifrage |
rusty-hair saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in clusters, with caudex or thick, fleshy rhizomes. | Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices, or rhizomatous. |
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, 4–8 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–4 cm, fleshy, base attenuate to ± truncate, margins serrate (15–30- toothed), eciliate, surfaces densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
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, flat-topped thyrses, 5–20 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts often tangled brown-hairy). |
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 spreading, ovate, (often tangled brown-hairy); petals white, not spotted, ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2–4 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened to slightly club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 38, 76. |
= 20, 38, 56, 58. |
Micranthes oregana |
Micranthes rufidula |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–summer. | Flowering late winter–summer. |
Habitat | Bogs, marshes | Wet to dry, rocky ledges |
Elevation | 100-2500 m (300-8200 ft) | 0-3000 m (0-9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; AB
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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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. 62. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga oregana, Saxifraga montanensis, Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis | Saxifraga aequidentata, Saxifraga occidentalis subsp. rufidula, Saxifraga occidentalis var. rufidula, Saxifraga rufidula |
Name authority | (Howell) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 138. 1905 , | Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 140. (1905) |
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