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Micranthes fragosa (Suksd.) Small
Saxifraga fragosa Suksd. ; Small, Bull. Torrey Club 23 : 363. 1896.
Leaves erect or ascending, 3-9 cm. long, the blades ovate, often rhombic or deltoidovate, varying to oblong or orbicular-ovate, obtuse or acute, denticulate or sinuate-denticu-
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late, or entire, glabrous or nearly so, truncate at the base, or abruptly narrowed into relatively slender petiole-like bases which sometimes exceed the blade in length ; scapes solitary or tufted, erect or assurgent, 11-32 cm. tall, roughly and rather evenly glandularpubescent throughout, green ; cymules aggregated into more or less compact clusters, terminating the slender branches of the inflorescence ; sepals triangular or ovate-triangular, 1-1.5 mm. long, erect, 3-veined, eciliate; petals white, cun eate-obovate to oblongor oval-obo vate , 2-3.5 mm. long, narrowed into rather broad claw-like bases; filaments subulate; follicles about 2 mm. high, green, the stout tips spreading.
Type locality: West Klickitat County, Washington. Distribution : Washington and Oregon.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Comprehensive Description
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Micranthes fragosa
Add the synonyms: Saxifraga integrifolia fragosa Rosend. Bot. Jahrb. 37: Beibl. 83: 68. 1905. Saxifraga fragosa leucandra Suksd. W. Am. Sci. 15: 60. 1906.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1918. ROSACEAE (conclusio). North American flora. vol 22(6). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
