Micranthes rufidula |
Micranthes stellaris |
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rusty-hair saxifrage |
saxifrage étoilée, starry saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices, or rhizomatous. | Plants tufted or mat-forming, with ± branched caudices or stolonlike rhizomes. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 4–8 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–4 cm, fleshy, base attenuate to ± truncate, margins serrate (15–30- toothed), eciliate, surfaces densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
basal; petiole ± absent; blade obovate to elliptic, 1–5 cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate, margins 1–3-toothed in distal 1/2, ciliate, surfaces hairy. |
Inflorescences | 15+-flowered, open, flat-topped thyrses, 5–20 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts often tangled brown-hairy). |
2–10-flowered, open, lax cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, (all or some flowers replaced with bulbils, bulbils sometimes absent), 5–20 cm, sparsely to moderately purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals spreading, ovate, (often tangled brown-hairy); petals white, not spotted, ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2–4 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened to slightly club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
sepals reflexed, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate; petals white, each with 1–2 basal yellow spots, lanceolate, clawed, 3–8 mm (2 often slightly larger), longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
green to purple, valvate. |
2n | = 20, 38, 56, 58. |
= 28. |
Micranthes rufidula |
Micranthes stellaris |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Wet to dry, rocky ledges | Mossy tundra near streams, rocky, gravelly seepage areas |
Elevation | 0-3000 m (0-9800 ft) | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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LB; NU; QC; Greenland; Europe |
Discussion | Micranthes stellaris is amphi-Atlantic. In Nunavut, it is known only from Baffin Island. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 62. | FNA vol. 8, p. 57. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga aequidentata, Saxifraga occidentalis subsp. rufidula, Saxifraga occidentalis var. rufidula, Saxifraga rufidula | Saxifraga stellaris |
Name authority | Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 140. (1905) | (Linnaeus) Galasso: Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 146: 231. (2005) |
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