Micranthes careyana |
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Carey's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants often mat-forming, with extensive rhizomes. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 1–7 cm; blade rounded or broadly ovate to oblong, 1–7 cm, thin, base truncate, margins coarsely serrate to dentate, sparsely ciliate, surfaces sparsely to ± densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy. |
Inflorescences | 40+-flowered, lax, open thyrses, 10–40(–50) cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals spreading, broadly ovate; petals white, sometimes some with 2 faint, basal yellow spots (sometimes fading upon drying), narrowly ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2–4(–5) mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green, ± purple tinged, folliclelike. |
Micranthes careyana |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps |
Elevation | 500-1600 m (1600-5200 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; KY; NC; TN; VA; WV |
Discussion | Micranthes careyana is very similar to M. caroliniana; both are in need of study. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga careyana, Saxifraga tennesseensis |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 501. 1903 , |
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