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|accepted_name=Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
|accepted_authority=(D. Don) R. Brown ex Seringe in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=4: 48. 1830 ,
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|common_names=Leatherleaf saxifrage
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Saxifraga pyrolifolia
|authority=D. Don
|publication_title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|publication_place=13: 389. 1822
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Leptarrhena;Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leptarrhena]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leptarrhena pyrolifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 132
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaf </b>blades dull, pale green abaxially, shiny, dark green adaxially, leathery, basal blade (1–)2.5–9.5 × (0.4–)1–4.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> pedunculate, 1–12 cm, glandular to stipitate-glandular, proximal branches sometimes remote, especially in fruit; bracts sometimes subtending pedicels, scalelike. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium shallowly campanulate, 0.3–0.6 × 1.2–1.8 mm, glandular to stipitate-glandular; sepals triangular to ovate, 0.8–1.5 × 0.7–1.1 mm, margins entire, apex rounded or retuse, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular; petals narrowly spatulate or oblanceolate, 1–2.2 × 0.4–0.7 mm, margins entire; stamens exserted; filaments 0.8–1.5 mm; anthers 1-locular, round to transversely elliptic, 0.1–0.2 × 0.2–0.3 mm, dehiscent by broad, terminal openings; pistils 2–3 × 1–1.8 mm; styles slightly spreading, cylindric. <b>Capsules</b> erect, green, red, or purple, narrowly ovoid, tips divergent, 6–9 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 80–120, 3.2–4.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm, ends tapered. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Wet meadows, stream banks, bogs, seepage areas, wet cliffs and talus slopes, heathlands
|elevation=0-2300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>The Aleuts of Alaska use an infusion of <i>Leptarrhena pyrolifolia</i> leaves to treat influenza, and the Thompson Indians of British Columbia apply a poultice of chewed leaves to wounds (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
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name=Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
|author=
|authority=(D. Don) R. Brown ex Seringe in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Saxifraga pyrolifolia
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Wet meadows, stream banks, bogs, seepage areas, wet cliffs and talus slopes, heathlands
|elevation=0-2300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=
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|genus=Leptarrhena
|species=Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
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