Micranthes petiolaris |
Micranthes nudicaulis |
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Michaux's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. | Plants solitary or in clusters, stoloniferous, rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole somewhat flattened, 2–6 cm; blade oblanceolate, 2–12 cm, thin, basecuneate to ± attenuate, margins usually 15+-toothed (teeth large, lobelike), densely long glandular-ciliate, surfaces hairy. |
basal; petiole rounded, 0.5–3.5 cm, (base expanded, stipulelike); blade somewhat reniform, (± evenly lobed), 0.5–2.5 cm, ± fleshy, base cordate to truncate, margins entire, sparsely glandular-ciliate, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 30+-flowered, very open, lax thyrses, (flowers rarely replaced by bulbils), 10–40 cm, densely tangled, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts leaflike, gradually reduced distally). |
5–20-flowered, branched cymes or flat-topped thyrses, 5–16 cm, sparsely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | slightly bilaterally symmetric; sepals reflexed, oblong to elliptic; petals white, 3 with 2 basal yellow spots, 2 without spots, oblanceolate to spatulate, clawed, 3–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior. |
sepals reflexed or, sometimes, spreading, triangular; petals white to cream (rarely pink), not spotted, broadly elliptic to ovate, short-clawed, 4–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green to yellow, sometimes purple tinged, valvate |
dark purple-black, valvate. |
2n | = 40. |
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Micranthes petiolaris |
Micranthes nudicaulis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early autumn. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Wet ledges, boulderfields, and rocky slopes, usually in thin soil over rock | Wet flushes, stream banks |
Elevation | 500-2100 m (1600-6900 ft) | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) |
Distribution |
GA; KY; MD; NC; SC; TN; VA; WV
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AK; e Asia (Russian Far East) |
Discussion | Micranthes petiolaris (Rafinesque) Brouillet & Gornall is an isonym. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 58. | FNA vol. 8, p. 59. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Hexaphoma petiolaris, Saxifraga michauxii, Saxifraga petiolaris | Saxifraga nudicaulis |
Name authority | (Rafinesque) Bush: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 225. 1928 , | (D. Don) Gornall & H. Ohba: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1021. (2007) |
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