View source for Micranthes micranthidifolia

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|accepted_name=Micranthes micranthidifolia
|accepted_authority=(Haworth) Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|place=501, 1331. 1903 ,
}}
|common_names=Branch-lettuce
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Robertsonia micranthidifolia
|authority=Haworth
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syn. Pl. Succ.,
|publication_place=322. 1812
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aulaxis micranthidifolia
|authority=(Haworth) Haworth
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga micranthidifolia
|authority=(Haworth) Steudel
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes micranthidifolia
|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 micranthidifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 53, 61
|treatment_page=page 60
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole ± indistinct, (broad), flattened, 3–15 cm; blade lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4–35 cm, thin, base attenuate, margins irregularly serrate to dentate, ciliate, surfaces sparsely hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> (30–)50+–flowered, very open, lax thyrses, 30–75 cm, pink- to purplish-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts gradually smaller distally). <b>Flowers</b>: sepals strongly reflexed, oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots that sometimes appear as 1 (sometimes faded in dried material), ± elliptic to spatulate, clawed, 2–3 mm, longer than sepals; filaments strongly club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). <b>Capsules</b> green, sometimes purplish, folliclelike. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rocky seepage slopes, stream banks
|elevation=400-2100 m
|distribution=Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Micranthes micranthidifolia</i> was formerly gathered by local people in the southern Appalachians as a spring “green” (hence the common name, “branch” being dialect for a small stream); it is still occasionally seen in local grocery stores.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Micranthes micranthidifolia
|authority=(Haworth) Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aulaxis micranthidifolia;Saxifraga micranthidifolia
|basionyms=Robertsonia micranthidifolia
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rocky seepage slopes, stream banks
|elevation=400-2100 m
|distribution=Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_108.xml
|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes micranthidifolia
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