Saxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis

Common names: Alpine brook saxifrage saxifrage des ruisseaux
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 145.

Plants wholly green or purple only in inflorescences; hair crosswalls usually without color, rarely pale purple. Inflorescences 2.7–7 cm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular. Hypanthia sparsely short stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3(–0.4) mm. 2n = 52.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Snow beds, wet tundra, mossy streamsides, seepage slopes, bird-manured cliffs, silty or gravelly seashores
Elevation: 0-2000 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., Nunavut, Que., N.H., n Europe, n Asia (Russian Arctic).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
Linnaeus +
Alpine brook saxifrage +  and saxifrage des ruisseaux +
Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Nunavut +, Que. +, N.H. +, n Europe +  and n Asia (Russian Arctic). +
0-2000 m +
Snow beds, wet tundra, mossy streamsides, seepage slopes, bird-manured cliffs, silty or gravelly seashores +
Flowering summer. +
Saxifraga rivularis subsp. rivularis +
Saxifraga rivularis +
subspecies +