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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Micranthes careyana
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|place=501. 1903 ,
}}
|common_names=Carey’s saxifrage
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Saxifraga careyana
|authority=A. Gray
|publication_title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication_place=42: 32. 1842
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga tennesseensis
|authority=Small
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes careyana
|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 careyana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 54, 63
|treatment_page=page 61
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>often mat-forming, with extensive rhizomes. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole flattened, 1–7 cm; blade rounded or broadly ovate to oblong, 1–7 cm, thin, base truncate, margins coarsely serrate to dentate, sparsely ciliate, surfaces sparsely to ± densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> 40+-flowered, lax, open thyrses, 10–40(–50) cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals spreading, broadly ovate; petals white, sometimes some with 2 faint, basal yellow spots (sometimes fading upon drying), narrowly ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2–4(–5) mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). <b>Capsules</b> green, ± purple tinged, folliclelike.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps
|elevation=500-1600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Micranthes careyana</i> is very similar to <i>M. caroliniana</i>; both are in need of study.</p>
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name=Micranthes careyana
|author=
|authority=(A. Gray) Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Saxifraga tennesseensis
|basionyms=Saxifraga careyana
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps
|elevation=500-1600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes careyana
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