Micranthes careyana Small

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Micranthes

Characteristics

Plants often mat-forming, with extensive rhizomes. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 1-7 cm; blade rounded or broadly ovate to oblong, 1-7 cm, thin, base truncate, margins coarsely serrate to dentate, sparsely ciliate, surfaces sparsely to ± densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy. Inflorescences 40+-flowered, lax, open thyrses, 10-40(-50) cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals spreading, broadly ovate; petals white, sometimes some with 2 faint, basal yellow spots (sometimes fading upon drying), narrowly ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2-4(-5) mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules green, ± purple tinged, folliclelike.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Micranthes careyana world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160025-2
WFO ID wfo-0001299827
COL ID 42QDB
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Synonyms

Saxifraga tennesseensis Micranthes tennesseensis Micranthes careyana