| Saxifraga foliolosa R. Br. | |||
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| Family | Saxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Saxifraga stellaris subsp. comosa (Retz.) Braun-Blanquet., Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retz. | ||
| Common name | grained saxifrage | ||
| Description | Stem mostly single from short caudex; basal leaves small, cuneate-obovate, with few to several small teeth, glabrous, ciliate in margin; stem sparsely pubescent; in- florescence with thick, arcuate branches; only the terminal flower is developed, the others being replaced by bulblets or buds; sepals ovate, reflexed in age; petals white or reddish, dimorphic, abruptly clawed, the longer with yellow spots. | ||
| Ecology | Wet, rocky slopes, snow beds, 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.