Saxifraga aleutica

Hultén

Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 522, fig. 4. 1936 ,.

Common names: Aleut saxifrage
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 140. Mentioned on page 135.

Plants mat-forming, not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves basal and cauline, (basal crowded, cauline 1–2); petiole absent; blade oblanceolate to spatulate, unlobed, 3–6 mm, fleshy, margins entire, eciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences solitary flowers, 0.5–2 cm, densely pink to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals reflexed, oblong to ovate or triangular, margins stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous; petals greenish yellow, not spotted, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 2–3 mm, ± equaling sepals; ovary superior.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Gravelly areas, hill and mountain tops
Elevation: 200-1200 m

Discussion

Saxifraga aleutica is found on the Aleutian Islands.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

... more about "Saxifraga aleutica"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
Hultén +
cuneate +  and cordate +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
unlobed +, oblanceolate +  and spatulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
distinct +  and connate +
appearing +  and axile +
not fleshy +
Aleut saxifrage +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
200-1200 m +
flattened +
bracteate +  and 2-200[-1000]-flowered +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Gravelly areas, hill and mountain tops +
multicellular +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
pink +  and purple +
free +  and adnate +
stipitate-glandular +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
stipitate-glandular +  and eciliate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
not spotted +  and greenish yellow +
distinct +
elliptic +  and narrowly obovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
peltate +  and jointed +
Flowering summer. +
unequal +
Svensk Bot. Tidskr. +
spiny +  and ribbed +
straight +
papillate +, tuberculate +  and smooth +
ovoid +, ellipsoid +  and oblong +
reddish +  and green +
distinct +
oblong +  and ovate or triangular +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
connate +  and distinct +
Saxifraga aleutica +
Saxifraga +
species +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
rhizomatous +  and not stoloniferous +
plant +  and mat-forming +
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