Micranthes tolmiei (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet & Gornall

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Micranthes

Characteristics

Plants mat-forming, (stems trailing, thin, basally slightly woody), with slender, woody caudices. Leaves cauline, proximally crowded; petiole absent; blade elliptic-obovate, 0.8-1.5 cm, fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, sometimes proximally sparsely long-ciliate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2-10-flowered, lax cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, 3-12 cm, glabrous or purplish-or pink-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts 1-3, proximal). Flowers: sepals erect to spreading, ovate; petals white, not spotted, linear to oblanceolate, 2.5-5 mm, longer than sepals, short-or not clawed; filaments broadly club-shaped (± petaloid); pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary ± superior (to 1/4 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules green, purple mottled, valvate. 2n = 30.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

Flower

Micranthes tolmiei flower picture by Fabien Anthelme (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77093825-1
WFO ID wfo-0001280024
COL ID 42QGP
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Leptasea tolmiei Leptasea ledifolia Saxifraga tolmiei Saxifraga ledifolia Micranthes tolmiei Saxifraga tolmiei var. tolmiei

Lower taxons

Saxifraga tolmiei var. ledifolia