Micranthes nudicaulis

Plants solitary or in clusters, stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves basal; petiole rounded, 0.5–3.5 cm, (base expanded, stipulelike); blade somewhat reniform, (± evenly lobed), 0.5–2.5 cm, ± fleshy, base cordate to truncate, margins entire, sparsely glandular-ciliate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 5–20-flowered, branched cymes or flat-topped thyrses, 5–16 cm, sparsely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals reflexed or, sometimes, spreading, triangular; petals white to cream (rarely pink), not spotted, broadly elliptic to ovate, short-clawed, 4–5 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules dark purple-black, valvate. 2n = 40.

Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Wet flushes, stream banks
Elevation: 0-800 m

Alaska, e Asia (Russian Far East)

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