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Micranthes foliolosa (R. Brown) Gornall [family ]
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Micranthes foliolosa (R. Brown) Gornall [family ], J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 1: 1020. 2007 ,
Saxifraga foliolosa R. Brown [family SAXIFRAGACEAE], Chlor. Melvill., 17. 1823
Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora Hultén [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Saxifraga stellaris Linnaeus subsp. comosa (Retzius) Braun-Blanquet [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retzius [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Luc Brouillet
Patrick E. Elvander†
Information
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
Altitude range
0–1800 m
Distribution
Greenlandn Europen Asia.USA AlaskaUSA Colo.USA MaineCanada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada NunavutCanada Que.Canada Yukon
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Micranthes foliolosa (R. Brown) Gornall [family ], J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 1: 1020. 2007 ,
Saxifraga foliolosa R. Brown [family SAXIFRAGACEAE], Chlor. Melvill., 17. 1823
Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora Hultén [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Saxifraga stellaris Linnaeus subsp. comosa (Retzius) Braun-Blanquet [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retzius [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Luc Brouillet
Patrick E. Elvander†
Information
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
Altitude range
0–1800 m
Distribution
Greenlandn Europen Asia.USA AlaskaUSA Colo.USA MaineCanada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada NunavutCanada Que.Canada Yukon
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Micranthes foliolosa (R. Brown) Gornall [family ], J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 1: 1020. 2007 ,
Saxifraga foliolosa R. Brown [family SAXIFRAGACEAE], Chlor. Melvill., 17. 1823
Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora Hultén [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Saxifraga stellaris Linnaeus subsp. comosa (Retzius) Braun-Blanquet [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retzius [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Luc Brouillet
Patrick E. Elvander†
Information
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
Altitude range
0–1800 m
Distribution
Greenlandn Europen Asia.USA AlaskaUSA Colo.USA MaineCanada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada NunavutCanada Que.Canada Yukon
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