Micranthes virginiensis |
Micranthes gormanii |
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early saxifrage, early small-flower-saxifrage, saxifrage de virginie, Virginia saxifrage |
Gorman's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in clumps, with bulbils on caudices. | Plants in groups or, sometimes, almost mat-forming, rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 1–9 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 2–8 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins irregularly crenate to serrate, ciliate, surfaces sparsely to ± densely stipitate-glandular and tangled, reddish brown-hairy, adaxially glabrescent. |
basal; petiole flattened, 5–7.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 3–4 cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margins shallowly crenate-serrate, sparsely ciliate, surfaces tangled, reddish brown-hairy. |
Inflorescences | 30+-flowered, (flowers sometimes secund), very open, lax, ± flat-topped thyrses, 6–50 cm, proximally hairy, distally densely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
(10–)30+-flowered, open, lax, strongly divaricately branched, conic thyrses, 8–30 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts glabrous, proximal marginally ciliate). |
Flowers | sepals erect to ascending (even in fruit), ovate to triangular; petals white, not spotted, broadly oblong to elliptic, not or rarely slightly clawed, 3–6 mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary ± superior, (to 1/3 adnate hypanthium). |
sepals ascending, ovate to oblong, (margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous); petals white, not spotted, obovate to ± round, clawed, ca. 2 mm, ca. 1.5 times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary nearly 1/3 inferior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green to purplish, folliclelike. |
greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 20 (+ 0–6 supernumeraries), 38. |
= 20, 38, 40. |
Micranthes virginiensis |
Micranthes gormanii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Rocky hillsides, cliffs and shaded rock outcrops, stream banks, wooded slopes | Wet, rocky ledges and slopes |
Elevation | 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft) | 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WV; MB; NB; ON; QC
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OR; WA
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Discussion | Also reported for Micranthes virginiensis is 2n = 28; D. E. Soltis (1983) documented zero to six supernumerary chromosomes in this species and speculated that this report may have included eight supernumeraries. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. | FNA vol. 8, p. 62. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes | Saxifragaceae > Micranthes |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga virginiensis | Saxifraga gormanii, Saxifraga occidentalis var. dentata |
Name authority | (Michaux) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 501. 1903 , | (Suksdorf) Brouillet & Gornall: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. 2007 , |
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