Micranthes spicata

(D. Don) Small in N. L. Britton et al.

in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. 1905,.

Basionym: Saxifraga spicata D. Don
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 57. Mentioned on page 53.
Revision as of 18:10, 18 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants solitary or tufted, short, thick-rhizomatous. Leaves basal; petiole rounded, 4–15 cm; blade round, ovate, or reniform, 3–15 cm, thin, base cordate, margins serrate to dentate, ciliate, surfaces hairy to glabrate. Inflorescences 15+-flowered, congested, spikelike thyrses, 15–50(–70) cm, tangled, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals reflexed, oblong to ovate; petals cream to yellowish, not spotted, oblong, not clawed, 3–4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments narrowly club-shaped; pistils connate at least 1/2 their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules green, purplish tinged, ± folliclelike, (basally connate).


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Wet tundra, heaths, moist, rocky areas, streamsides
Elevation: 0-1700 m

Discussion

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(D. Don) Small in N. L. Britton et al. +
Saxifraga spicata +
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0-1700 m +
Wet tundra, heaths, moist, rocky areas, streamsides +
Flowering summer. +
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