| Saxifraga spicata D. Don | |||
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| Family | Saxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Micranthes spicata (D. Don) Small, Micranthes galacifolia Small. | ||
| Common name | spiked saxifrage | ||
| Description | Rootstock thick, stout, with large buds at top; basal leaves long-petiolated, cor- date, reniform, orbicular or broadly ovate, crenate-dentate, nearly glabrous, ciliate with septate hairs; stem leafless, pubescent with septate hairs; inflorescence with broad, dentate bracts, pubescent with capitate glands; calyx lobes triangular, gla- brous, soon reflexed; petals oblong, clawless, white, about 3 times as long as calyx lobes; filaments subulate; follicles glabrous, with long divergent styles. | ||
| Ecology | Moist, rocky slopes, along creeks. |
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.