Flora of North America species comparison

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Saxifraga aizoides

evergreen or yellow mountain saxifrage, evergreen saxifrage, saxifrage jaune, yellow mountain saxifrage, yellow saxifrage
Habit Plants loosely mat- or cushion-forming (stems mostly prostrate), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous.
Leaves

cauline;

petiole absent;

blade linear to narrowly oblong, unlobed [with 2 toothlike lobes distally], 3–22 mm, succulent, margins entire, spinose-ciliate, sometimes eciliate, with 1(–5) lime-secreting hydathodes (not sunk in pits, secretions not obvious), apex obtuse or apiculate, surfaces glabrous.
Inflorescences

2–15-flowered cymes or thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 2–15[–20] cm, glabrous or clear-tipped stipitate-glandular;

bracts sessile.
Flowers

sepals spreading, triangular, margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous;

petals yellow to orange, sometimes orange-spotted, elliptic, 3–7 mm, ± equaling or exceeding sepals;

ovary 1/2 inferior.
2n

= 26.

Saxifraga aizoides
Phenology Flowering early spring–early autumn.
Habitat Rocky, often calcareous seepage areas, stream banks, silty flats, gravel bars and beach ridges, crevices, arctic tundra, enriched sites
Elevation 0-2000[-3000] m (0-6600[-9800] ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; MI; NY; VT; AB; BC; MB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; QC; YT; Greenland; Europe
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 137.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga
Sibling taxa
S. adscendens, S. aleutica, S. bracteata, S. bronchialis, S. cernua, S. cespitosa, S. cherlerioides, S. chrysantha, S. debilis, S. eschscholtzii, S. flagellaris, S. hirculus, S. hyperborea, S. mertensiana, S. nathorstii, S. oppositifolia, S. paniculata, S. radiata, S. rivularis, S. serpyllifolia, S. taylorii, S. tricuspidata, S. tridactylites, S. vespertina
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 403. 1753 ,
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