Micranthes caroliniana |
Micranthes nidifica |
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Columbia saxifrage, meadow saxifrage, peak saxifrage, swamp saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. | Plants solitary or in clumps, with bulbils on caudices. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 1–10 cm; blade broadly ovate to elliptic, 2–14 cm, thin to slightly fleshy, base truncate, margins deeply dentate (teeth 2+ mm), sparsely glandular-ciliate, surfaces densely white-hairy. |
basal; petiole flattened, 1.5–5.5 cm; blade ± ovate to elliptic, 3–6(–7.5) cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margins entire or minutely denticulate, ciliate, surfaces glabrate to sparsely hairy. |
Inflorescences | 15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
30+-flowered, lax, cylindric thyrses with 3–10, ± compact cymules, 10–30 cm, ± densely pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed, oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots (distinct even in dried material), ovate to elliptic, short-clawed, 2–4 mm, much longer than sepals; filaments elongate, (longer than petals), club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior. |
sepals strongly reflexed, broadly ovate to deltate; petals white to greenish white, not spotted, usually elliptic to obovate, clawed, 1–1.9 mm, equaling or shorter than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior. |
Capsules | greenish to yellow, folliclelike. |
green or reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 38. |
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Micranthes caroliniana |
Micranthes nidifica |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps | Open meadows, shrub-lands, gravelly slopes, edges of and open pine forests |
Elevation | 500-1200 m (1600-3900 ft) | 100-2600 m (300-8500 ft) |
Distribution |
NC; TN; VA; WV |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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Discussion | Micranthes nidifica is polymorphic and merges to some extent with M. fragosa in limited areas of southern Washington and northern Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. | FNA vol. 8, p. 68. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga caroliniana | Saxifraga nidifica, M. plantaginea, Saxifraga columbiana, Saxifraga integrifolia var. columbiana, Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala, Saxifraga montana, Saxifraga plantaginea |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. (1905) | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 134. (1905) |
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