| Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (D. Don) Ser. | |||
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| Family | Saxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Saxifraga pyrolifolia D. Don, Leptarrhena amplexifolia (Sternb.) R. Br., Saxifraga amplexifolia Sternb. | ||
| Common name | leatherleaved saxifrage | ||
| Description | Rootstock long, thick, horizontal, often with small leaves; basal leaves ovate, dark green and shiny above, glaucous when young, later brownish or cinnamon-brown beneath, ovate, obtuse, serrate in margin, long-petiolated; stem glabrous or sparsely glandular, with 1 to 2 leaves; inflorescence glandular; sepals ovate-oblong; petals linear, obtuse, white, twice as long as sepals; follicles reddish, divergent in apex; style about 0.5 mm long. | ||
| Ecology | Wet places, along creeks, in the mountains to at least 1,500 meters. Type locality doubtful. Reports from Siberia apparently incorrect. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.