Micranthes foliolosa

(R. Brown) Gornall

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. 2007 ,.

Common names: Leafystemmed saxifrage saxifrage à bulbilles
Basionym: Saxifraga foliolosa R. Brown Chlor. Melvill., 17. 1823
Synonyms: Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora Hultén Saxifraga stellaris subsp. comosa (Retzius) Braun-Blanquet Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retzius
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 57. Mentioned on page 49, 50, 53.

Plants solitary or tufted, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole ± absent; blade oblanceolate, 6–15 (–30) cm, ± fleshy, base cuneate, margins subentire, sometimes 1–3-toothed distally, eciliate or sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrate. Inflorescences 2 (–5+) -flowered, (proximal flowers replaced by bulbils), narrow, branched, sometimes ± open, cylindric thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 5–15 cm, glabrous or sparsely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. (Pedicels erect to ascending.) Flowers: sepals reflexed, lanceolate; petals white, each with 1–2 basal yellow spots, lanceolate, clawed, 3–8 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules green to purplish, valvate. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering late summer.
Habitat: Mossy tundra near streams and flushes, wet, rocky slopes, snowbeds
Elevation: 0-1800 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Maine, n Europe, n Asia

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Micranthes foliolosa"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
acute +  and obtuse or rounded +
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(R. Brown) Gornall +
cuneate +
Saxifraga foliolosa +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
oblanceolate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
2(-3)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
green;purplish +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
connate +  and distinct +
Leafystemmed saxifrage +  and saxifrage à bulbilles +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Maine +, n Europe +  and n Asia +
0-1800 m +
flattened +
bracteate +  and 2-70+[-1000]-flowered +
stipitate-glandular +, purple-tipped +  and glabrous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (125 cm1,250 mm <br />1.25 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Mossy tundra near streams and flushes, wet, rocky slopes, snowbeds +
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 +, branched +  and 2(-5+)-flowered +
opposite +  and alternate +
ciliate +  and eciliate +
1-3-toothed +  and subentire +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
purple-margined +
reddish purple +  and purple +
distinct +
clawed +  and lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
peltate +  and jointed +
Flowering late summer. +
2(-3)-carpellate +
unequal +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
ovoid +, ellipsoid +  and oblong +
reddish +  and green +
distinct +
lanceolate +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
2 +  and 3 +
connate +  and distinct +
Saxifraga foliolosa var. multiflora +, Saxifraga stellaris subsp. comosa +  and Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa +
Micranthes foliolosa +
Micranthes +
species +
cylindric +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
tufted +  and solitary +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +