| Saxifraga ferruginea Graham | |||
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| Family | Saxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Spathularia ferruginea (Graham) Small, Spathularia brunoniana Small. | ||
| Common name | coast saxifrage | ||
| Description | Stems mostly single from thick rootstock; basal leaves oblanceolate to cuneate- obovate, sharply 3-toothed to several-toothed, tapering to broad petiole, glabrous to hirsute with coarse hairs, ciliate; stem and inflorescence glandular-pubescent; sepals oblong, reflexed, in age purplish-tipped; petals white or purplish, dimorphic, the larger with yellow spots; filaments subulate; ovary superior. | ||
| Ecology | Wet rocks. Described from cultivated specimens. | ||
| Taxonomy notes | Var. Macounii Engler & Irmsch. has bulblets in the axils; var. Newcombei Small is coarse and markedly hirsute, and has large flowers. |
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.