Flora of North America species comparison

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Saxifragopsis fragarioides

strawberry saxifrage
Habit Plants forming loose mats from trailing rhizomes.
Leaves

petiole 1.5–4 cm;

blade 1.5–4 cm.
Inflorescences

6–25 cm, stipitate-glandular;

bracts subtending pedicel scalelike.
Flowers

hypanthium campanulate, 1 mm, sparsely to moderately stipitate-glandular;

sepals spreading to reflexed, triangular to ovate, 2 mm, apex acute to rounded;

petals spreading, obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–3 mm;

stamens included, 1 mm;

styles included, 0.8–1 mm.
Capsules

brown, ovoid, (3–)4–5 mm.
Seeds

50–75.
2n

= 14.

Saxifragopsis fragarioides
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Rock crevices, talus slopes
Elevation (500-)1500-3000 m ((1600-)4900-9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA
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Discussion

Saxifragopsis fragarioides is nearly limited to the Siskiyou Mountains of California and Oregon; disjunct populations have been found in Washington (S. Gage 1992, 1995). The known colonies in Washington are at about 500 meters, lower than those in California and Oregon.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 131.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Saxifragopsis
Synonyms Saxifraga fragarioides
Name authority (Greene) Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 20. (1896)
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