Saxifraga vespertina |
Saxifraga aizoides |
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Matted saxifrage, saxifraga vespertina, spotted saxifrage, yellow dot saxifrage |
evergreen or yellow mountain saxifrage, evergreen saxifrage, saxifrage jaune, yellow mountain saxifrage, yellow saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants forming loose mats, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. | Plants loosely mat- or cushion-forming (stems mostly prostrate), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. |
Leaves | cauline (crowded proximally); petiole absent; blade spatulate, unlobed or minutely 3-toothed or -lobed apically, 4–11 mm, leathery, margins entire, (not cartilaginous), stiffly ciliate, apex rounded or obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. |
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 | 3–6-flowered cymes, 2.5–12 cm, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. |
2–15-flowered cymes or thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 2–15[–20] cm, glabrous or clear-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. |
Flowers | sepals erect, ovate to oblong, margins sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals white to cream, yellow-spotted proximally, red- or orange-spotted distally, these often faded in dried specimens, elliptic, 4–6 mm, much longer than sepals; ovary superior. |
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. |
= 26. |
Saxifraga vespertina |
Saxifraga aizoides |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering early spring–early autumn. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, ledges, crevices | Rocky, often calcareous seepage areas, stream banks, silty flats, gravel bars and beach ridges, crevices, arctic tundra, enriched sites |
Elevation | 100-1800 m (300-5900 ft) | 0-2000[-3000] m (0-6600[-9800] ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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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. 142. | FNA vol. 8, p. 137. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga | Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Leptasea vespertina, S. bronchialis subsp. vespertina, S. bronchialis var. vespertina | |
Name authority | (Small) Fedde: Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 33(1): 613. (1906) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 403. 1753 , |
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