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Sullivant's coolwort

Oregon coolwort, Oregon sullivantia

Habit Plants not stoloniferous. Plants stoloniferous.
Flowering stems

5–40 cm, erect to ascending.

erect, 5–45 cm.

Leaves

blade 1–12 cm wide, 1–2 times toothed, 7–13-lobed for 1/4–1/2 length to shallowly and somewhat irregularly 7–25-lobed;

lobes cuneate-oblong to crenate and 1–2 times denticulate to coarsely subcrenulate, margins erose with long bristles to lacinate.

blade 1–12 cm wide, 1–2 times toothed, 7–11-lobed for 1/3–1/2 length, lobes cuneate to cuneate-oblong;

margins entire or erose with long bristles.

Inflorescences

erect to decumbent, primary and higher-order branches ascending relative to central axis.

erect, primary and higher-order branches perpendicular to central axis.

Flowers

hypanthium tubular-campanulate, portion distal to adnation to ovary not marked by conspicuous flaring, 1.3–3.2 × 1.2–2.1 mm, stipitate-glandular proximally;

sepals triangular-ovate to lanceolate-oblong, not as broad as long at apex, 0.8–1.5 × 0.6–1.1 mm, apex acute;

petals unlobed, 1.7–3.5 mm, ovate and abruptly narrowed in claw to lanceolate and gradually narrowed into claw, 0.7–1.6 mm wide;

ovary ca. 1/2 inferior.

hypanthium widely turbinate-campanulate, portion distal to adnation to ovary marked by conspicuous flaring, 1.5–2.5 × 2–4.5 mm, stipitate-glandular proximally;

sepals triangular, 0.9–1.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm, broader than long at apex, apex acute;

petals unlobed, 1.6–2.5 mm, suborbiculate, abruptly clawed, 1–1.8 mm wide;

ovary 4/5+ inferior.

Capsules

cylindric-ovate to cylindric-elliptic, 3–7.5 × 1.3–3.2 mm, beaks ± spreading.

cylindric, 3.8–7.1 × 1.2–2.6 mm, beaks ± spreading.

Seeds

usually tan, rarely red-brown, 0.7–1.2 × 0.2–0.5 mm, main body (excluding winged margins) 0.4–0.7 mm.

dark red-brown, 1.1–1.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm, main body (excluding winged margins) 0.8–1 mm.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Sullivantia sullivantii

Sullivantia oregana

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Moist limestone and sandstone cliffs Moist, basaltic cliffs, typically near waterfalls
Elevation 300-700 m (1000-2300 ft) 0-400(-1400) m (0-1300(-4600) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
IA; IL; IN; KY; MN; MO; OH; TN; VA; WI
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from FNA
OR; WA
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 122. FNA vol. 8, p. 122.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Sullivantia Saxifragaceae > Sullivantia
Sibling taxa
S. hapemanii, S. oregana
S. hapemanii, S. sullivantii
Synonyms Saxifraga sullivantii, Saxifraga renifolia
Name authority (Torrey & A. Gray) Britton: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 178. (1894) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 292. (1879)
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