Micranthes palmeri

Bush

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 221. 1928 ,.

Common names: Palmer’s saxifrage
Synonyms: Saxifraga palmeri Bush Saxifraga virginiensis var. subintegra Goodman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 61. Mentioned on page 54.
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Plants solitary or in clumps, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 1–9 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 2–8 cm, slightly fleshy, base attenuate, margins entire or subentire, ciliate, surfaces tangled, reddish brown-hairy. Inflorescences 30+-flowered, (flowers sometimes almost secund), very open, lax thyrses, 6–50 cm, hairy proximally, densely so distally. Flowers: sepals erect to ascending, ovate to triangular; petals white, not spotted, broadly oblong to elliptic, not clawed, 3–6 mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary ± superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules green with reddish or purplish tinge, or reddish purple, folliclelike.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Rocky, open woodlands
Elevation: 100-1000 m

Discussion

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