Boykinia richardsonii (Hook.) Rothr.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Boykinia

Characteristics

Plants: rhizomes proliferating underground. Flowering stems 10-40(-60) cm. Basal leaves: petiole 2.5-10(-22.5) cm; blade usually reniform, shallowly lobed, rarely to 1/2 its length, 2-7(-12) × (3-)5-11(-15) cm, margins 2-3-times dentate. Cauline leaves: stipules (1-)2-5 mm, either expansions of petiole base and fringed with brown hairs, or foliaceous. Inflorescences narrowly cylindric, 3-flowered per primary branch. Pedicels densely stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate, free portion (1-)2-3 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, triangular to lanceolate, 3-7 mm, apex acute; petals sometimes with pink veins, ovate to elliptic, 8-12(-15) × 3-7 mm, 2-3(-5) times as long as sepals, base short-clawed, margins plane; nectary deep purple, sometimes greenish; stamens 3.3-5.2 mm; ovary subinferior. Capsules ovoid, turbinate, or urceolate. Seeds brown, smooth. 2n = 36, 84.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Distribution

Boykinia richardsonii world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1012693-2
WFO ID wfo-0001135760
COL ID 6XQWH
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Synonyms

Boykinia richardsonii Saxifraga richardsonii Hemieva richardsonii