View source for Saxifraga chrysantha

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|accepted_name=Saxifraga chrysantha
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=12: 83. 1876 ,
}}
|common_names=Golden-saxifrage
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hirculus serpyllifolius subsp. chrysanthus
|authority=(A. Gray) W. A. Weber
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga serpyllifolia subsp. chrysantha
|authority=(A. Gray) W. A. Weber
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga serpyllifolia var. chrysantha
|authority=(A. Gray) Dorn
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Saxifraga;Saxifraga chrysantha
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saxifraga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saxifraga chrysantha]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 135
|treatment_page=page 140
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>mat-forming, not stoloniferous, slenderly rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, (basal crowded, cauline 3–5+); petiole absent; blade linear-oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, unlobed, (2–)3–10(–12) mm, fleshy, margins (recurved), entire, eciliate, sometimes sparsely glandular-ciliate, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2(–3)-flowered cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, 2–8 cm, sparsely pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals strongly reflexed, oblong to ovate, margins densely glandular-ciliate, sometimes eciliate, surfaces stipitate-glandular; petals bright golden yellow, sometimes orange-tipped proximally, not spotted, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 4–8 mm, longer than sepals; ovary superior.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Alpine tundra, wet talus slopes, rocky areas
|elevation=2700-4500 m
|distribution=Colo.;Mont.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|tables=
|references=
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name=Saxifraga chrysantha
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Hirculus serpyllifolius subsp. chrysanthus;Saxifraga serpyllifolia subsp. chrysantha;Saxifraga serpyllifolia var. chrysantha
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Alpine tundra, wet talus slopes, rocky areas
|elevation=2700-4500 m
|distribution=Colo.;Mont.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Saxifraga
|species=Saxifraga chrysantha
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