Micranthes odontoloma
Muhlenbergia 8: 60. 1912 ,.
Plants solitary or sometimes grouped, rhizomatous. Leaves 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 10–30+-flowered, open, lax, flat-topped thyrses, 20–65(–85) cm, glabrous proximally, purple-tipped subsessile-glandular distally. Flowers: 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 green to purple, ± folliclelike. 2n = 24, 48.
Phenology: Flowering summer–early autumn.
Habitat: Wet meadows and stream banks
Elevation: 1500-4000 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
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