Saxifraga aleutica
Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 522, fig. 4. 1936 ,.
Common names: Aleut saxifrage
Endemic
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Plants mat-forming, not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves basal and cauline, (basal crowded, cauline 1–2); petiole absent; blade oblanceolate to spatulate, unlobed, 3–6 mm, fleshy, margins entire, eciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences solitary flowers, 0.5–2 cm, densely pink to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals reflexed, oblong to ovate or triangular, margins stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous; petals greenish yellow, not spotted, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 2–3 mm, ± equaling sepals; ovary superior.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Gravelly areas, hill and mountain tops
Elevation: 200-1200 m
Discussion
Saxifraga aleutica is found on the Aleutian Islands.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscent +
obtuse +
elliptic +
crenate +
fleshy +
sessile +
2(-3)-beaked +
marginal +
not fleshy +
Aleut saxifrage +
arising +
axillary +
Alaska. +
straight +
oily +
copious +
flattened +
symmetric +
bisexual +
absent +
capsular +
valvate +
septicidal +
superior +
multicellular +
1/4;3/4 +
purple-tipped +
stipitate-glandular +
simple +
alternate +
absent +
parietal +
connate +
axile +
superior +
varying +
anatropous +
distinct +
absent +
absent +
connate +
unequal +
equal +
free +
Svensk Bot. Tidskr. +
1753 +
winged +
brown +
straight +
5;200 +
purple +
distinct +
reflexed +
equaling +
Endemic +
absent +
persistent +
capitate +
absent +
glabrous +
Saxifraga aleutica +
Saxifraga +
species +
broad +
crenate +
perennial +