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Saxifraga aleutica

Aleut saxifrage, Aleutian saxifrage
Habit Plants mat-forming, not stoloniferous, rhizomatous.
Leaves

basal and cauline, (basal crowded, cauline 1–2);

petiole absent;

blade oblanceolate to spatulate, unlobed, 3–6 mm, fleshy, margins entire, eciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous.
Inflorescences

solitary flowers, 0.5–2 cm, densely pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular;

bracts sessile.
Flowers

sepals reflexed, oblong to ovate or triangular, margins stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous;

petals greenish yellow, not spotted, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 2–3 mm, ± equaling sepals;

ovary superior.

Saxifraga aleutica
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Gravelly areas, hill and mountain tops
Elevation 200-1200 m (700-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Saxifraga aleutica is found on the Aleutian Islands.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 140.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga
Sibling taxa
S. adscendens, S. aizoides, 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 Hultén: Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 522, fig. 4. 1936 ,
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