Micranthes petiolaris (Raf.) Bush

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Micranthes

Characteristics

Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole somewhat flat-tened, 2-6 cm; blade oblance-olate, 2-12 cm, thin, base cuneate to ± attenuate, margins usually 15+-toothed (teeth large, lobelike), densely long glandular-ciliate, surfaces hairy. Inflorescences 30+-flowered, very open, lax thyrses, (flowers rarely replaced by bulbils), 10-40 cm, densely tangled, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts leaflike, gradually reduced distally). Flowers slightly bilaterally symmetric; sepals reflexed, oblong to elliptic; petals white, 3 with 2 basal yellow spots, 2 without spots, oblanceolate to spatulate, clawed, 3-4.5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior. Capsules green to yellow, sometimes purple tinged, valvate
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160069-2
WFO ID wfo-0001280526
COL ID 42QFN
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Synonyms

Saxifraga michauxii Hydatica petiolaris Hexaphoma petiolaris Spatularia michauxii Spatularia petiolaris Micranthes petiolaris Saxifraga petiolaris