View source for Micranthes pensylvanica

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|accepted_name=Micranthes pensylvanica
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Haworth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Saxifrag. Enum.,
|place=45. 1821,
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|common_names=Pennsylvania;marsh;or swamp saxifrage
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Saxifraga pensylvanica
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 399. 1753
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Micranthes pensylvanica var. purpuripetala
|authority=(A. M. Johnson) Bush
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|name=Saxifraga forbesii
|authority=A. M. Johnson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga pensylvanica var. forbesii
|authority=(Vasey) Engler & Irmscher
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga pensylvanica subsp. interior
|authority=G. W. Burns
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga pensylvanica var. purpuripetala
|authority=(A. M. Johnson) Bush
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga pensylvanica subsp. tenuirostrata
|authority=G. W. Burns
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga purpuripetala
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes pensylvanica
|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 pensylvanica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 51
|treatment_page=page 67
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>solitary or in groups, with thick, fleshy rhizomes. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole indistinct, flattened, 3–10 cm; blade linear or elliptic to ovate, 6–25 cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margins entire or subentire, ciliate, surfaces usually densely short-hairy, often tangled brown-hairy along proximal midveins. <b>Inflorescences</b> (30–)50+-flowered, open, often lax thyrses, 25–125 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals reflexed, triangular to ovate; petals white to cream or rarely purple, not spotted, linear to narrowly elliptic, not clawed or slightly clawed, 2–3 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior, appearing superior in fruit. <b>Capsules</b> green, folliclelike. <b>2n</b> = 56, 84, 112.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Marshy meadows, mucky seepages in woods, swamp forests, montane bogs and seeps
|elevation=100-1400 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Conn.;Del.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Purple-petalled populations of <i>Micranthes pensylvanica</i> have been known as <i>Saxifraga</i> purpuripetala and are found in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.</p>
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name=Micranthes pensylvanica
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Haworth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Micranthes pensylvanica var. purpuripetala;Saxifraga forbesii;Saxifraga pensylvanica var. forbesii;Saxifraga pensylvanica subsp. interior;Saxifraga pensylvanica var. purpuripetala;Saxifraga pensylvanica subsp. tenuirostrata;Saxifraga purpuripetala
|basionyms=Saxifraga pensylvanica
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Marshy meadows, mucky seepages in woods, swamp forests, montane bogs and seeps
|elevation=100-1400 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Conn.;Del.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Saxifrag. Enum.,
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_129.xml
|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes pensylvanica
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