Saxifraga vespertina |
Saxifraga tricuspidata |
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Matted saxifrage, saxifraga vespertina, spotted saxifrage, yellow dot saxifrage |
prickly saxifrage, saxifrage à trois dents, three-tooth saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants forming loose mats, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. | Plants loosely mat-forming, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, with elongate caudex or 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, (marcescent, crowded proximally); petiole absent; blade (often reddish), linear to cuneate, 1–3-lobed or -toothed apically (distal cauline unlobed), rarely all unlobed, (lobes long spinose-mucronate), 5–20 mm, leathery, margins entire, softly glandular-ciliate, (nonsecreting hydathodes present adaxially), apex acute, long spinose-mucronate, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 3–6-flowered cymes, 2.5–12 cm, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. |
3–10-flowered cymes, 4–10(–24) cm, white to sparsely 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, (sometimes purplish), triangular-ovate, margins ± glandular-ciliate, surfaces white to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; petals white to cream, proximally to distally yellow-, orange-, and red-spotted, elliptic to ovate, 4–7 mm, much longer than sepals; ovary superior. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Saxifraga vespertina |
Saxifraga tricuspidata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, ledges, crevices | Open sandy, gravelly, or rocky sites, forest openings, grassy slopes, rocky ridges, stony tundra |
Elevation | 100-1800 m (300-5900 ft) | 0-3000 m (0-9800 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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AK; MI; AB; BC; LB; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Greenland
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Discussion | The rare, entire-leaved form of Saxifraga tricuspidata can be confused with S. bronchialis; it has glandular-ciliate margins instead of stiffly hooked-ciliate ones. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 142. | FNA vol. 8, p. 142. |
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) | Rotbøll: Skr. Kiøbenhavnske Selsk. Laerd. Elsk. 10: 446. 1770 (as 3cuspidata) , |
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