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|accepted_name=Micranthes stellaris
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Galasso
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano
|place=146: 231. 2005,
}}
|common_names=Starry saxifrage;saxifrage étoilée
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga stellaris
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes stellaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Micranthes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Micranthes stellaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 49, 50, 53
|treatment_page=page 57
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>tufted or mat-forming, with ± branched caudices or stolonlike rhizomes. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole ± absent; blade obovate to elliptic, 1–5 cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate, margins 1–3-toothed in distal 1/2, ciliate, surfaces hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> 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. <b>Flowers</b>: 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). <b>Capsules</b> green to purple, valvate. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Mossy tundra near streams, rocky, gravelly seepage areas
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);Nunavut;Que.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Micranthes stellaris</i> is amphi-Atlantic. In Nunavut, it is known only from Baffin Island.</p>
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name=Micranthes stellaris
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Galasso
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Saxifraga stellaris
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Mossy tundra near streams, rocky, gravelly seepage areas
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);Nunavut;Que.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_99.xml
|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes stellaris
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