Saxifraga radiata

Small

in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 128. 1905,.

Basionym: Saxifraga exilis Stephan ex Sternberg Revis. Saxifrag., suppl. 1: 8, plate 3, fig. 1. 1821,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 143. Mentioned on page 135.
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Plants in tufts, not stoloniferous, weakly rhizomatous (with bulbils at leaf bases). Leaves basal and cauline (basal ephemeral); petiole flattened, 5–15 mm; blade reniform, 5–7-lobed usually more than halfway to midvein (cauline less-lobed distally), 5–20 mm, thin to slightly fleshy, margins entire, eciliate, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous or glabrate to ± long-hairy. Inflorescences 2–5-flowered cymes, 5–18 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts petiolate. Flowers: sepals erect, (sometimes purplish), ovate to lanceolate, margins glandular-ciliate or eciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals white, sometimes with purple veins, not spotted, obovate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–15 mm, longer than sepals; ovary 1/4–1/3 inferior. 2n = 26, 48, 52.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Snow-bed meadows, stream banks
Elevation: 0-1500 m

Distribution

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N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, Asia (Siberia).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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