familySaxifragaceae
genusSaxifraga
speciesSaxifraga rivularis
subspeciesSaxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis
Saxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis
Common names: Alpine brook saxifrage saxifrage des ruisseaux
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 145.
Plants wholly green or purple only in inflorescences; hair crosswalls usually without color, rarely pale-purple. Inflorescences 2.7–7 cm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular. Hypanthia sparsely short-stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 (–0.4) mm. 2n = 52.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Snow beds, wet tundra, mossy streamsides, seepage slopes, bird-manured cliffs, silty or gravelly seashores
Elevation: 0-2000 m
Distribution
Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., Nunavut, Que., N.H., n Europe, n Asia (Russian Arctic)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"full" is not a number.
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dehiscent +
acute +
elliptic +
crenate +
fleshy +
petiolate +
2(-3)-beaked +
marginal +
not fleshy +
2-3(-5)-flowered +
arising +
axillary +
straight +
oily +
copious +
flattened +
pink-tipped +
symmetric +
tangled +
bisexual +
absent +
capsular +
valvate +
septicidal +
superior +
Snow beds, wet tundra, mossy streamsides, seepage slopes, bird-manured cliffs, silty or gravelly seashores +
multicellular +
pale-purple +
short-stipitate-glandular +
1/4;3/4 +
stipitate-glandular;glabrous +
simple +
alternate +
absent +
parietal +
connate +
axile +
inferior +
1/2 +
varying +
anatropous +
distinct +
2-3 times length of sepals +
absent +
absent +
flattened +
connate +
unequal +
equal +
free +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
winged +
brown +
straight +
5;200 +
purple +
distinct +
erect +
absent +
persistent +
capitate +
absent +
glabrous +
Saxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis +
Saxifraga rivularis +
subspecies +
broad +
crenate +
perennial +