Micranthes spicata |
Micranthes marshallii |
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Idaho saxifrage, Marshall's saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants solitary or tufted, short, thick-rhizomatous. | Plants in groups or sometimes mat-forming, rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole rounded, 4–15 cm; blade round, ovate, or reniform, 3–15 cm, thin, base cordate, margins serrate to dentate, ciliate, surfaces hairy to glabrate. |
basal; petiole flattened, 3–15 cm; blade ovate, 1–5 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins shallowly crenate-serrate (teeth ca. 2 mm), eciliate, surfaces sparsely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrate adaxially. |
Inflorescences | 15+-flowered, congested, spikelike thyrses, 15–50(–70) cm, tangled, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
15–50+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 20–40 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed, oblong to ovate; petals cream to yellowish, not spotted, oblong, not clawed, 3–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments narrowly club-shaped; pistils connate at least 1/2 their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
sepals reflexed, lanceolate to oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots (often faded when dried), ovate, clawed, 1.5–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments strongly club-shaped, sometimes petaloid (short-clawed, equaling petals); pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green, purplish tinged, ± folliclelike, (basally connate). |
greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 20. |
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Micranthes spicata |
Micranthes marshallii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Wet tundra, heaths, moist, rocky areas, streamsides | Deeply shaded watercourses, stream banks, seeps |
Elevation | 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft) | 100-1000 m (300-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; YT |
CA; OR
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 57. | FNA vol. 8, p. 63. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga spicata | Saxifraga marshallii |
Name authority | (D. Don) 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: 145. 1905 , |
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