Micranthes oregana |
Micranthes spicata |
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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, short, thick-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 rounded, 4–15 cm; blade round, ovate, or reniform, 3–15 cm, thin, base cordate, margins serrate to dentate, ciliate, surfaces hairy to glabrate. |
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, congested, spikelike thyrses, 15–50(–70) cm, tangled, pink- to 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 to ovate; petals cream to yellowish, not spotted, oblong, not clawed, 3–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments narrowly club-shaped; pistils connate at least 1/2 their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
green, purplish tinged, ± folliclelike, (basally connate). |
2n | = 38, 76. |
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Micranthes oregana |
Micranthes spicata |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Bogs, marshes | Wet tundra, heaths, moist, rocky areas, streamsides |
Elevation | 100-2500 m (300-8200 ft) | 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; AB
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AK; YT |
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. 57. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga oregana, Saxifraga montanensis, Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis | Saxifraga spicata |
Name authority | (Howell) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 138. 1905 , | (D. Don) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) |
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