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Saxifraga aizoides

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Identification
Saxifraga aizoides L. [family SAXIFRAGACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Saxifraga patens
  • Saxifraga aizoides
  • Saxifraga autumnalis
Common name
  • Evergreen or yellow mountain saxifrage, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • saxifrage jaune, Flora of North America Vol. 8

Flora

Entry for Saxifraga aizoides Linnaeus [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Saxifraga aizoides Linnaeus [family SAXIFRAGACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 403. 1753 ,
Treatment Author(s)
Luc Brouillet
Patrick E. Elvander†
Information
Plants loosely mat- or cushion-forming (stems mostly prostrate), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves cauline; petiole absent; blade linear to narrowly oblong, unlobed [with 2 toothlike lobes distally], 3–22 mm, succulent, margins entire, spinose-ciliate, sometimes eciliate, with 1(–5) lime-secreting hydathodes (not sunk in pits, secretions not obvious), apex obtuse or apiculate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2–15-flowered cymes or thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 2–15[–20] cm, glabrous or clear-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals spreading, triangular, margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals yellow to orange, sometimes orange-spotted, elliptic, 3–7 mm, ± equaling or exceeding sepals; ovary 1/2 inferior. 2n = 26.
Phenology
Flowering early spring–early autumn
Altitude range
0–2000[–3000] m
Distribution
GreenlandEurope.USA AlaskaUSA Mich.USA N.Y.USA Vt.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada NunavutCanada Ont.Canada Que.Canada Yukon

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