View source for Micranthes nelsoniana

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Micranthes nelsoniana
|accepted_authority=(D. Don) Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|place=22: 147. 1905 ,
}}
|common_names=Dotted or Nelson’s saxifrage
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Saxifraga nelsoniana
|authority=D. Don
|publication_title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|publication_place=13: 355. 1822
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga punctata subsp. nelsoniana
|authority=(D. Don) Hultén
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga punctata var. nelsoniana
|authority=(D. Don) Engler
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes nelsoniana
|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 nelsoniana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 50, 52, 53, 56
|treatment_page=page 54
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>solitary or tufted, with bulbils on branched caudices, rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole rounded, 3–30 cm; blade reniform to round, 2–9 cm, thin or slightly fleshy, sometimes thick and fleshy, base cordate, margins deeply crenate, eciliate or sparsely short glandular-ciliate, surfaces glabrous or ± hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> 10+-flowered, ± open, lax to congested, conic, sometimes also glomerate thyrses, 10–35 cm, tangled-hairy (pilose-arachnoid) at least distally, sometimes also purple- or brown-tipped stipitate-glandular. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals reflexed, ± ovate; petals white to pinkish, rarely orange-spotted, ovate to oblong, narrowly to broadly clawed, 2.5–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments distinctly club-shaped; pistils connate 1/2–3/4 their lengths; ovary superior (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). <b>Capsules</b> green to yellow and purplish tinged to dark purple, valvate.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|distribution=North America;Europe (ne Russia);Asia.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 6 (5 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Although sometimes reported for North America, <i>Saxifraga</i> nelsoniana <i></i></i>var.<i><i> aestivalis</i> (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) H. Ohba (S. aestivalis Fischer & C. A. Meyer) is found only in Eurasia.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><div class="treatment-key">
==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences purple- or brown-tipped stipitate- glandular.
|[[Micranthes nelsoniana var. nelsoniana|Micranthes nelsoniana var. nelsoniana]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences tangled-hairy
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade margins 9-12-toothed; capsules 6-12 mm; mostly Queen Charlotte Islands, adjacent coastal British Columbia.
|[[Micranthes nelsoniana var. carlottae|Micranthes nelsoniana var. carlottae]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade margins 12-18-toothed; capsules 3-8 mm; Oregon to Alaska and nw Canada
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Inflorescences somewhat lax, hairs appressed; Coast Ranges and Cascades, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington.
|[[Micranthes nelsoniana var. cascadensis|Micranthes nelsoniana var. cascadensis]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Inflorescences congested, hairs ascending; nw Canada, Alaska
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blades thick, fleshy; pistils connate most of their lengths; Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
|[[Micranthes nelsoniana var. insularis|Micranthes nelsoniana var. insularis]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blades thin, not fleshy; pistils connate to 3/4 their lengths; nw Canada, Alaska.
|[[Micranthes nelsoniana var. porsildiana|Micranthes nelsoniana var. porsildiana]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Micranthes nelsoniana
|author=
|authority=(D. Don) Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Saxifraga punctata subsp. nelsoniana;Saxifraga punctata var. nelsoniana
|basionyms=Saxifraga nelsoniana
|family=Saxifragaceae
|distribution=North America;Europe (ne Russia);Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_90.xml
|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes nelsoniana
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Micranthes]]