Saxifraga reflexa Hook.
 
FamilySaxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae
SynonymsMicranthes yukonensis Small, Saxifraga radulina Greene, Micranthes reflexa (Hook.) Small.
DescriptionStem single, at top of short caudex; basal leaves rhomboid to ovate, serrate- crenate, with broad petiole, subcoriaceous, densely pubescent on both sides, with short, septate hairs, and longer hairs in margin; stem pubescent, leafless; bracts linear, calyx lobes ovate, nearly glabrous, in age reflexed; petals white, nearly twice as long as calyx lobes; filaments clavate; follicles purplish, ovate, with fairly long style.
EcologyDry places; to at least 2,300 meters in the St. Elias Range. Described from “between the Mackenzie River and the Coppermine River.”
Hultén's Flora About

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.