Sullivantia sullivantii (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton

Sullivant's coolwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Sullivantia

Characteristics

Plants not stoloniferous. Flowering stems 5-40 cm, erect to ascending. Leaves: blade 1-12 cm wide, 1-2 times toothed, 7-13-lobed for 1/4-1/2 length to shallowly and somewhat irregularly 7-25-lobed; lobes cuneate-oblong to crenate and 1-2 times denticulate to coarsely subcrenulate, margins erose with long bristles to lacinate. Inflorescences erect to decumbent, primary and higher-order branches ascending relative to central axis. Flowers: hypanthium tubular-campanulate, portion distal to adnation to ovary not marked by conspicuous flaring, 1.3-3.2 × 1.2-2.1 mm, stipitate-glandular proximally; sepals triangular-ovate to lanceolate-oblong, not as broad as long at apex, 0.8-1.5 × 0.6-1.1 mm, apex acute; petals unlobed, 1.7-3.5 mm, ovate and abruptly narrowed in claw to lanceolate and gradually narrowed into claw, 0.7-1.6 mm wide; ovary ca. 1/2 inferior. Capsules cylindric-ovate to cylindric-elliptic, 3-7.5 × 1.3-3.2 mm, beaks ± spreading. Seeds usually tan, rarely red-brown, 0.7-1.2 × 0.2-0.5 mm, main body (excluding winged margins) 0.4-0.7 mm. 2n = 14.
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Lvs round-reniform, 3–7 cm wide, sparsely pubescent to subglabrous, with numerous shallow lobes each terminating in 2 or 3 short teeth; infl lax, 2–4 dm, with ascending branches, conspicuously glandular; pet 3 mm; 2n=14. Moist shaded cliffs; s. O. and e. Ky. to Mo., nw. Ill., sw. Wis., ne. Io., and se. Minn., in unglaciated areas. June, July. (S. renifolia, the more western plants)
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Sullivantia sullivantii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1170983-2
WFO ID wfo-0001135424
COL ID 53FSH
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Synonyms

Sullivantia sullivantii Saxifraga sullivantii