Micranthes gormanii

(Suksdorf) Brouillet & Gornall

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020. 2007 ,.

Common names: Gorman’s saxifrage
Basionym: Saxifraga gormanii Suksdorf Torreya 23: 106. 1923 (as gormani)
Synonyms: Saxifraga occidentalis var. dentata (Engler & Irmscher) C. L. Hitchcock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 62. Mentioned on page 54.

Plants in groups or, sometimes, almost mat-forming, rhizomatous. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 5–7.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 3–4 cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margins shallowly crenate-serrate, sparsely ciliate, surfaces tangled, reddish brown-hairy. Inflorescences (10–)30+-flowered, open, lax, strongly divaricately branched, conic thyrses, 8–30 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts glabrous, proximal marginally ciliate). Flowers: sepals ascending, ovate to oblong, (margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous); petals white, not spotted, obovate to ± round, clawed, ca. 2 mm, ca. 1.5 times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary nearly 1/3 inferior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). Capsules greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. 2n = 20, 38, 40.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Wet, rocky ledges and slopes
Elevation: 0-1000 m

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Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(Suksdorf) Brouillet & Gornall +
Saxifraga gormanii +
Gorman’s saxifrage +
Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-1000 m +
Wet, rocky ledges and slopes +
Flowering spring. +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
Saxifraga occidentalis var. dentata +
Micranthes gormanii +
Micranthes +
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