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|accepted_name=Saxifraga tricuspidata
|accepted_authority=Rotbøll
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Skr. Kiøbenhavnske Selsk. Laerd. Elsk.
|place=10: 446. 1770 (as 3cuspidata) ,
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|common_names=Prickly saxifrage;saxifrage à trois dents
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Saxifraga;Saxifraga tricuspidata
|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 tricuspidata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 135, 140
|treatment_page=page 142
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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;caudex shape"><b>Plants </b>loosely mat-forming, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, with elongate caudex or rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, (marcescent, crowded proximally);</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 shape;blade some measurement;blade texture;margin architecture or shape;margin pubescence;apex shape;apex length or size;apex shape;surface pubescence">blade (often reddish), linear to cuneate, 1–3-lobed or toothed apically (distal cauline unlobed), rarely all unlobed, (lobes long spinose-mucronate), 5–20 mm, leathery, margins entire, softly glandular-ciliate, (nonsecreting hydathodes present adaxially), apex acute, long spinose-mucronate, surfaces glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence atypical some measurement;inflorescence some measurement;inflorescence coloration;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence pubescence;cyme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>3–10-flowered cymes, 4–10 (–24) cm, white to sparsely pink to purple-tipped 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;surface coloration;surface architecture;surface pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals erect to ascending, (sometimes purplish), triangular-ovate, margins ± glandular-ciliate, surfaces white to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;petal some measurement;petal length or size">petals white to cream, proximally to distally yellow, orange, and red-spotted, elliptic to ovate, 4–7 mm, much longer than sepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="">ovary superior.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary position;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Open sandy, gravelly, or rocky sites, forest openings, grassy slopes, rocky ridges, stony tundra
|elevation=0-3000 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Mich.
|discussion=<p>The rare, entire-leaved form of Saxifraga tricuspidata can be confused with S. bronchialis; it has glandular-ciliate margins instead of stiffly hooked-ciliate ones.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Saxifraga tricuspidata
|authority=Rotbøll
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Open sandy, gravelly, or rocky sites, forest openings, grassy slopes, rocky ridges, stony tundra
|elevation=0-3000 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Mich.
|reference=None
|publication title=Skr. Kiøbenhavnske Selsk. Laerd. Elsk.
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_284.xml
|genus=Saxifraga
|species=Saxifraga tricuspidata
|2n chromosome quantity=26
|apex length or size=long
|apex shape=spinose-mucronate;acute
|blade shape=unlobed;linear;cuneate 1-3-lobed or toothed
|blade some measurement=5mm;20mm
|blade texture=leathery
|bract architecture=sessile
|caudex shape=elongate
|cyme architecture=3-10-flowered
|inflorescence architecture=purple-tipped
|inflorescence atypical some measurement=10cm;24cm
|inflorescence coloration=white;sparsely pink
|inflorescence pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|inflorescence some measurement=4cm;10cm
|leaf position=cauline
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin pubescence=glandular-ciliate;glandular-ciliate
|ovary position=superior
|petal coloration=red-spotted;orange;white;cream
|petal length or size=much longer
|petal shape=elliptic;ovate
|petal some measurement=4mm;7mm
|petiole presence=absent
|sepal orientation=erect;ascending
|sepal shape=triangular-ovate
|surface architecture=purple-tipped
|surface coloration=white
|surface pubescence=stipitate-glandular;glabrous
|whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous;not stoloniferous
|whole_organism growth form=plant;mat-forming
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