Micranthes howellii |
Micranthes odontoloma |
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Howell's saxifrage |
brook saxifrage, stream saxifrage, streambank saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices. | Plants solitary or sometimes grouped, rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 1–4 cm; blade oblong to narrowly ovate, 1–2(–3) cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins sharply serrate, eciliate, surfaces sparsely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
basal; petiole rounded, 2–30 cm; blade round, 7–40 cm, thin to slightly fleshy, base cordate to truncate, margins regularly dentate, eciliate, surfaces sparsely brownish hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Inflorescences | 5–10(–20)-flowered, very open, lax, ± flat-topped cymes or thyrses, 5–10(–20) cm, glabrate to sparsely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts glabrous). |
10–30+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 20–65(–85) cm, glabrous proximally, purple-tipped subsessile-glandular distally. |
Flowers | sepals strongly reflexed, elliptic, (surfaces glabrous); petals white, not spotted, obovate to elliptic, clawed, 2.5–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary ± superior. |
sepals reflexed, ovate to elliptic; petals white, each with 2 basal yellow spots, round to broadly elliptic, clawed, 3–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments strongly club-shaped, (to 6 mm); pistils connate ca. 1/2 their lengths; ovary superior. |
Capsules | purple, valvate. |
green to purple, ± folliclelike. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
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Micranthes howellii |
Micranthes odontoloma |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–early summer. | Flowering summer–early autumn. |
Habitat | Wet, rocky ledges and crevices | Wet meadows and stream banks |
Elevation | 0-900 m (0-3000 ft) | 1500-4000 m (4900-13100 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 63. | FNA vol. 8, p. 56. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga howellii | Saxifraga odontoloma |
Name authority | (Greene) Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 140. (1905) | (Piper) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 8: 60. 1912 , |
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