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|accepted_name=Elmera
|accepted_authority=Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|place=22: 97. 1905 ,
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|common_names=Yellow coralbells
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Elmera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Elmera]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, 1870–1942, collector and botanist in western North America
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 47, 85
|treatment_page=page 105
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> not rhizomatous, not stoloniferous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="caudex size;caudex architecture or pubescence">caudex slender, scaly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="flowering-stem orientation;flowering-stem architecture;flowering-stem some measurement;flowering-stem pubescence"><b>Flowering-</b>stems erect, leafy, 10–35 cm, stipitate-glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cauline leaf quantity;cauline leaf size"><b>Leaves </b>in basal rosette and cauline, cauline leaves 2–3, smaller distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole pubescence">petiole sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;sinuse depth;base shape;ultimate margin shape;apex shape">blade orbiculate to broadly reniform, 5–9-lobed, sinuses relatively shallow, base cordate, ultimate margins crenate, apex obtuse, surfaces stipitate-glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface architecture">venation palmate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;raceme shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>spikelike racemes, from axillary buds in rosette, 10–28-flowered, bracteate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="hypanthium fusion;hypanthium position;hypanthium quantity;hypanthium fusion;hypanthium coloration;hypanthium coloration;hypanthium coloration;hypanthium coloration;hypanthium coloration;ovary some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> hypanthium adnate to proximal 1/4 of ovary, free from ovary 2.5–4 mm, green, white, or cream;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal coloration">sepals 5, greenish yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration;petal coloration">petals 5, white or cream;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">nectary tissue not seen;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 5, (opposite sepals);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="filament shape">filaments subulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary quantity;ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary fusion">ovary 1/4 inferior, 1-locular, ovaries completely connate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower placentation">placentation parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="style quantity">styles 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="capsule architecture or shape"><b>Capsules </b>2-beaked.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>dark-brown, ellipsoid, minutely papillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!--

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|distribution=nw North America
|discussion=<p>Species 1: nw North America.</p><!--
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name=Elmera
|author=Elizabeth Fortson Wells;Patrick E. Elvander†
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|distribution=nw North America
|reference=None
|publication title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Elmera
|apex shape=obtuse
|base shape=cordate
|blade shape=5-9-lobed;orbiculate;broadly reniform
|capsule architecture or shape=2-beaked
|caudex architecture or pubescence=scaly
|caudex size=slender
|cauline leaf quantity=2;3
|cauline leaf size=smaller
|filament shape=subulate
|flower placentation=parietal
|flowering-stem architecture=leafy
|flowering-stem orientation=erect
|flowering-stem pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|flowering-stem some measurement=10cm;35cm
|hypanthium coloration=cream;white;cream;white;green
|hypanthium fusion=free;adnate
|hypanthium position=proximal
|hypanthium quantity=1/4
|inflorescence architecture=bracteate;10-28-flowered
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary fusion=connate
|ovary position=inferior
|ovary quantity=1/4
|ovary some measurement=2.5mm;4mm
|petal coloration=cream;white
|petal quantity=5
|petiole pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|raceme shape=spikelike
|seed coloration=dark-brown
|seed relief=papillate
|seed shape=ellipsoid
|sepal coloration=greenish yellow
|sepal quantity=5
|sinuse depth=shallow
|stamen quantity=5
|stigma quantity=2
|stipule presence=absent
|style quantity=2
|surface architecture=palmate
|surface pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|ultimate margin shape=crenate
|whole_organism architecture=not stoloniferous;not rhizomatous
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=7
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