Flora of North America species comparison

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Saxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis
Photo is of parent taxon

alpine brook saxifrage, saxifrage des ruisseaux
Habit Plants wholly green or purple only in inflorescences; hair crosswalls usually without color, rarely pale purple.
Inflorescences

2.7–7 cm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular.
Hypanthia

sparsely short stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3(–0.4) mm.
2n

= 52.

Saxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Snow beds, wet tundra, mossy streamsides, seepage slopes, bird-manured cliffs, silty or gravelly seashores
Elevation 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NH; NL; NU; QC; Greenland; n Europe; n Asia (Russian Arctic)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 145.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga > Saxifraga rivularis
Sibling taxa
S. rivularis subsp. arctolitoralis
Name authority unknown
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