Micranthes eriophora Small

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Micranthes

Characteristics

Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 0.5-2.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1-2 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate, margins sharply serrate, sparsely to densely ciliate (some glandular-tipped), surfaces densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences 10+-flowered, (flowers often secund), very open, lax, often flat-topped thyrses with distant lateral branches, 6-25 cm, pink-to purplish-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals erect, triangular; petals white, sometimes purplish-tipped, not spotted, obovate to elliptic, not clawed or barely clawed, 4-7 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary 1/3-1/2 inferior. Capsules purplish, valvate.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Distribution

Micranthes eriophora world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160032-2
WFO ID wfo-0001243264
COL ID 42QDR
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Synonyms

Saxifraga eriophora Micranthes eriophora