Saxifraga oppositifolia subsp. oppositifolia

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 136.

Sepals: margins bristly-ciliate, abaxial surface hairy, sometimes stipitate-glandular. 2n = 26, 39, 48, 52.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Arctic and alpine tundra, mountain ledges, rock crevices, calcareous gravel, raised beach ridges
Elevation: 0-4000 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Idaho, Mont., N.Y., Oreg., Vt., Wash., Wyo., Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

52 +, 48 +, 39 +  and 26 +
stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
Linnaeus +
cuneate +  and cordate +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
unlobed +, oblong +  and more or less broadly obovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
distinct +  and connate +
appearing +  and axile +
not fleshy +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, N.Y. +, Oreg. +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +  and Eurasia +
0-4000 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 +
Arctic and alpine tundra, mountain ledges, rock crevices, calcareous gravel, raised beach ridges +
multicellular +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
pink +  and purple +
free +  and adnate +
stipitate-glandular;purple-tipped;glabrate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
reduced +
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 +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
not spotted +, violet +, white +, purple +  and pink +
distinct +
obovate +  and elliptic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
peltate +  and jointed +
Flowering spring–summer. +
unequal +
rhizomatous +  and not stoloniferous +
cushion-forming +
spiny +  and ribbed +
straight +
papillate +, tuberculate +  and smooth +
ovoid +, ellipsoid +  and oblong +
reddish +  and green +
distinct +
Illustrated +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
connate +  and distinct +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
Saxifraga oppositifolia subsp. oppositifolia +
Saxifraga oppositifolia +
subspecies +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
14 +, 13 +, 11 +, 8 +  and 6 +