Saxifragopsis fragarioides

(Greene) Small

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 20. 1896,.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Saxifraga fragarioides Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 8: 121. 1881
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 131.

Plants forming loose mats from trailing rhizomes. Leaves: petiole 1.5–4 cm; blade 1.5–4 cm. Inflorescences 6–25 cm, stipitate-glandular; bracts subtending pedicel scalelike. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate, 1 mm, sparsely to moderately stipitate-glandular; sepals spreading to reflexed, triangular to ovate, 2 mm, apex acute to rounded; petals spreading, obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–3 mm; stamens included, 1 mm; styles included, 0.8–1 mm. Capsules brown, ovoid, (3–) 4–5 mm. Seeds 50–75.2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Rock crevices, talus slopes
Elevation: (500-)1500-3000 m

Discussion

Saxifragopsis fragarioides is nearly limited to the Siskiyou Mountains of California and Oregon; disjunct populations have been found in Washington (S. Gage 1992, 1995). The known colonies in Washington are at about 500 meters, lower than those in California and Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number."elongated" is not a number.

epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute +  and rounded +
Elizabeth Fortson Wells +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(Greene) Small +
cuneate +
Saxifraga fragarioides +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
not lobed +  and obovate-cuneate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
scale-like +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
(500-)1500-3000 m +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Rock crevices, talus slopes +
unicellular +
free +  and adnate +
stipitate-glandular +
campanulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
bracteate +  and 27-90-flowered +
stipitate-glandular +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
opposite +  and alternate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
distinct +
obovate +  and oblanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
unequal +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
ribbed +  and smooth +
spiny +  and ribbed +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
ovoid-prismatic +
distinct +
spreading +  and reflexed +
triangular +  and ovate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
connate +  and distinct +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
Saxifragopsis fragarioides +
Saxifragopsis +
species +
not stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +