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|accepted_name=Micranthes tenuis
|accepted_authority=(Wahlenberg) Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|place=22: 136. 1905,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Saxifraga nivalis var. tenuis
|authority=Wahlenberg
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Fl. Lapp.,
|publication_place=114. 1812
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga tenuis
|authority=(Wahlenberg) Harry Smith ex Lindman
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes tenuis
|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 tenuis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 51, 66
|treatment_page=page 65
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>tufted, with bulbils on caudices. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole broad, flattened, 0.2–1 cm; blade ± obovate to ± obtrullate, 0.5–1.5 cm, ± coriaceous, base ± attenuate to ± cuneate, margins serrate to dentate on distal 1/3–2/3, sometimes ciliate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate abaxially (rarely sparsely reddish brown-hairy). <b>Inflorescences</b> usually 2–10-flowered, ± capitate cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, (1–)2–7(–11) cm, hairy or glabrous proximally, glabrate or ± purple-tipped stipitate-glandular distally. (Pedicels proximal ± elongate.) Flowers: sepals erect, ovate to deltate; petals white with purple margins, usually pink or purple tinged, not spotted, obovate to oblong, clawed, 2–3 mm, usually slightly longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2 inferior, appearing more superior in fruit. <b>Capsules</b> reddish to purplish, folliclelike. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Open, mossy tundra, rocky ridges, shady ledges
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Europe;Asia (Siberia).
|discussion=<p><i>Micranthes tenuis</i> is morphologically distinguished from <i>M. nivalis</i> only with great difficulty. D. A. Webb and R. J. Gornall (1989) claimed that chromosome number is one of the chief reasons for continuing to recognize the species and, indeed, their enumeration of morphologic differences is not entirely convincing. Occasionally, both species appear to occur in the same populations. The generally smaller size, tendency to glabrousness, fewer number of flowers, and petal color variations reasonably distinguish <i>M. tenuis</i>. Depauperate specimens of <i>M. nivalis</i> are particularly difficult to separate from <i>M. tenuis</i> except for their very consistent hairiness and white petals. Due to the morphologic confusion, exact distributions are difficult to assess and chromosome number reports may be doubtful (D. L. Krause and K. I. Beamish 1973). A thorough systematic study is needed.</p>
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name=Micranthes tenuis
|authority=(Wahlenberg) Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Saxifraga tenuis
|basionyms=Saxifraga nivalis var. tenuis
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Open, mossy tundra, rocky ridges, shady ledges
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Europe;Asia (Siberia).
|reference=None
|publication title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
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|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes tenuis
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