Micranthes caroliniana

(A. Gray) Small in N. L. Britton et al.

in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 146. 1905,.

Endemic
Basionym: Saxifraga caroliniana A. Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 3: 39. 1846
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 61. Mentioned on page 53, 63.

Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 1–10 cm; blade broadly ovate to elliptic, 2–14 cm, thin to slightly fleshy, base truncate, margins deeply dentate (teeth 2+ mm), sparsely glandular-ciliate, surfaces densely white-hairy. Inflorescences 15+-flowered, open, lax thyrses, 10–50 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals reflexed, oblong; petals white, with 2 basal yellow spots (distinct even in dried material), ovate to elliptic, short-clawed, 2–4 mm, much longer than sepals; filaments elongate, (longer than petals), club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior. Capsules greenish to yellow, folliclelike.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps
Elevation: 500-1200 m

Discussion

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... more about "Micranthes caroliniana"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
acute +  and obtuse or rounded +
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(A. Gray) Small in N. L. Britton et al. +
cuneate +  and truncate or cordate +
Saxifraga caroliniana +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
broadly ovate +  and elliptic +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
greenish;yellow +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
connate +  and distinct +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
N.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
500-1200 m +
club--shaped +  and elongate +
bracteate +  and 2-70+[-1000]-flowered +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (125 cm1,250 mm <br />1.25 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps +
multicellular +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
purplish +  and green +
free +  and adnate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
open +  and 15+-flowered +
opposite +  and alternate +
glandular-ciliate +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
purple-margined +
reddish purple +  and purple +
distinct +
unlobed +  and lobed +
peltate +  and jointed +
flattened +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
2(-3)-carpellate +
unequal +
in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
ovoid +, ellipsoid +  and oblong +
yellow spots +
distinct +
short-clawed +, ovate +  and elliptic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
2 +  and 3 +
connate +  and distinct +
Micranthes caroliniana +
Micranthes +
species +
purple-tipped +
stipitate-glandular +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
tufted +  and solitary +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +