Micranthes hieraciifolia (waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Haw.

Saxifrage à feuilles d'Épervière (fr), Micranthe à feuilles d'épervière (fr), Saxifrage à feuilles d'épervière (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Micranthes

Characteristics

Plants mostly solitary, with short caudices, sometimes rhizomatous. Leaves basal; petiole sometimes indistinct, flattened, 2-4 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 2-6 cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate to slightly attenuate, margins usually ± evenly serrulate to denticulate, ciliate, surfaces sparsely to densely hairy and sparsely stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences 30+-flowered, constricted, spikelike thyrses, 7-30 cm, tangled-hairy proximally, densely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular distally. Flowers: sepals spreading to reflexed, triangular to ovate; petals dark reddish purple, not spotted, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, slightly clawed, 1.5-3 mm, equaling sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior. Capsules reddish to purple, valvate. 2n = 112, 120.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Micranthes hieraciifolia world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791886-1
WFO ID wfo-0000451252
COL ID 79QXZ
BDTFX ID 42479
INPN ID 108484
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Synonyms

Micranthes hieraciifolia Saxifraga racemosa Saxifraga hieraciifolia Evaiezoa hieracifolia Saxifraga plantaginifolia Robertsonia hieracifolia Saxifraga nivalis var. racemosa Saxifraga hieraciifolia var. hieraciifolia

Lower taxons

Micranthes hieraciifolia subsp. longifolia