Micranthes foliolosa

(R. Brown) Gornall

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. 2007 ,.

Common names: Leafystemmed saxifrage saxifrage à bulbilles
Basionym: Saxifraga foliolosa R. Brown Chlor. Melvill., 17. 1823
Synonyms: Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora Hultén Saxifraga stellaris subsp. comosa (Retzius) Braun-Blanquet Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retzius
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Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole ± absent; blade oblanceolate, 6–15(–30) cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate, margins subentire, sometimes 1–3-toothed distally, eciliate or sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrate. Inflorescences 2(–5+)-flowered, (proximal flowers replaced by bulbils), narrow, branched, sometimes ± open, cylindric thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 5–15 cm, glabrous or sparsely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. (Pedicels erect to ascending.) Flowers: sepals reflexed, lanceolate; petals white, each with 1–2 basal yellow spots, lanceolate, clawed, 3–8 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules green to purplish, valvate. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering late summer.
Habitat: Mossy tundra near streams and flushes, wet, rocky slopes, snowbeds
Elevation: 0-1800 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Maine, n Europe, n Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Micranthes foliolosa"
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(R. Brown) Gornall +
Saxifraga foliolosa +
Leafystemmed saxifrage +  and saxifrage à bulbilles +
Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Maine +, n Europe +  and n Asia. +
0-1800 m +
Mossy tundra near streams and flushes, wet, rocky slopes, snowbeds +
Flowering late summer. +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora +, Saxifraga stellaris subsp. comosa +  and Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa +
Micranthes foliolosa +
Micranthes +
species +