Micranthes eriophora
in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 142. 1905,.
Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 0.5–2.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–2 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins sharply serrate, sparsely to densely ciliate (some glandular-tipped), surfaces densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences 10+-flowered, (flowers often secund), very open, lax, often flat-topped thyrses with distant lateral branches, 6–25 cm, pink- to purplish-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals erect, triangular; petals white, sometimes purplish-tipped, not spotted, obovate to elliptic, not clawed or barely clawed, 4–7 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary 1/3–1/2 inferior. Capsules purplish, valvate.
Phenology: Flowering late winter–early summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes and ledges
Elevation: 1900-3000 m
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua).
Discussion
Selected References
None.