Saxifraga vespertina |
Saxifraga cherlerioides |
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Matted saxifrage, saxifraga vespertina, spotted saxifrage, yellow dot saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants forming loose mats, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. | Plants loosely mat-forming, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous, with caudex. |
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 (crowded proximally); petiole absent; blade spatulate, unlobed, 2–7 mm, leathery, margins entire, densely glandular-ciliate, apex rounded or obtuse, not or short-mucronate, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 3–6-flowered cymes, 2.5–12 cm, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. |
3–6-flowered cymes, 2–6.5 cm, pink- to purple-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 erect to ascending, ovate to oblong, margins eciliate or glandular-ciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals white to cream, yellow-spotted, sometimes sparsely red-spotted proximally, elliptic to obovate, 3–4 mm, longer than sepals; ovary superior. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Saxifraga vespertina |
Saxifraga cherlerioides |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, ledges, crevices | Rocky slopes and ledges, gravelly flats |
Elevation | 100-1800 m (300-5900 ft) | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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AK; Asia (Kamchatka, Siberia) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 142. | FNA vol. 8, p. 142. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga | Saxifragaceae > Saxifraga |
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Synonyms | Leptasea vespertina, S. bronchialis subsp. vespertina, S. bronchialis var. vespertina | S. bronchialis subsp. cherlerioides, S. bronchialis var. cherlerioides |
Name authority | (Small) Fedde: Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 33(1): 613. (1906) | D. Don: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 382. (1822) |
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