View source for Saxifraga bronchialis

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|accepted_name=Saxifraga bronchialis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 400. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Spotted saxifrage
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Saxifraga;Saxifraga bronchialis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saxifraga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saxifraga bronchialis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 135, 142
|treatment_page=page 140
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>mat-forming, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline, (marcescent, crowded);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade some measurement;blade texture;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin architecture or pubescence or shape;margin pubescence;apex shape;apex coloration;apex shape;surface pubescence;surface architecture or function or pubescence">blade (sometimes reddish), linear or linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, unlobed, 3–15 mm, leathery, margins entire, stiffly, often hooked, white-ciliate, sometimes also glandular-ciliate, apex acute, white spinulose-mucronate (spine 1–1.5 mm), surfaces glabrous, sometimes adaxially sparsely sessile-glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="cyme architecture;thyrse architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower some measurement;flower pubescence"><b>Inflorescences </b>2–15-flowered cymes or thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 5–20 cm, sparsely short-stipitate-glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract architecture">bracts sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal shape;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;surface pubescence;surface pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals ± erect, (purplish), ovate to triangular, margins eciliate or sparsely glandular, surfaces glabrous or sparsely sessile-glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;petal some measurement;petal length or size">petals yellowish white, purple or red to yellow-spotted, oblong to elliptic, 3–7 mm, longer than sepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ovary position">ovary superior.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Eurasia;arctic and alpine areas
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 4 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The Saxifraga bronchialis complex, including S. cherlerioides, S. taylorii, S. tricuspidata, and S. vespertina, needs a thorough study.</p><!--
--><p>Saxifraga firma Litvinov ex Losina-Losinskaja has been cited for North America; the name belongs in synonymy of a Eurasian subspecies and appears to have been misapplied to North American specimens.</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Petals yellow-spotted, distinctly clawed.
|[[Saxifraga bronchialis subsp. funstonii|Saxifraga bronchialis subsp. funstonii]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Petals yellow-spotted proximally, purple- or red-spotted distally, not clawed.
|[[Saxifraga bronchialis subsp. austromontana|Saxifraga bronchialis subsp. austromontana]]
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name=Saxifraga bronchialis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Eurasia;arctic and alpine areas
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Saxifraga
|species=Saxifraga bronchialis
|apex coloration=white
|apex shape=spinulose-mucronate;acute
|blade shape=unlobed;linear-lanceolate;narrowly elliptic
|blade some measurement=3mm;15mm
|blade texture=leathery
|bract architecture=sessile
|cyme architecture=2-15-flowered
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower pubescence=short-stipitate-glandular
|flower some measurement=5cm;20cm
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=white-ciliate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin pubescence=glandular;eciliate;glandular-ciliate
|margin shape=hooked
|ovary position=superior
|petal coloration=red;yellow-spotted
|petal length or size=longer
|petal shape=oblong;elliptic
|petal some measurement=3mm;7mm
|petiole presence=absent
|sepal orientation=erect
|sepal shape=ovate;triangular
|surface architecture or function or pubescence=sessile-glandular
|surface pubescence=sessile-glandular;glabrous;glabrous
|thyrse architecture=2-15-flowered
|whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous;not stoloniferous
|whole_organism growth form=plant;mat-forming
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