View source for Micranthes tolmiei

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|accepted_name=Micranthes tolmiei
|accepted_authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) Brouillet & Gornall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
|place=1: 1022. 2007 ,
}}
|common_names=Tolmie’s or alpine saxifrage
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Saxifraga tolmiei
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|publication_title=Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=1: 567. 1840 (as tolmaei)
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga tolmiei var. ledifolia
|authority=(Greene) Engler & Irmscher
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Micranthes;Micranthes tolmiei
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Micranthes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Micranthes tolmiei]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 49, 50, 52
|treatment_page=page 54
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>mat-forming, (stems trailing, thin, basally slightly woody), with slender, woody caudices. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, proximally crowded; petiole absent; blade elliptic-obovate, 0.8–1.5 cm, fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, sometimes proximally sparsely long-ciliate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–10-flowered, lax cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, 3–12 cm, glabrous or purplish- or pink-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts 1–3, proximal). <b>Flowers</b>: sepals erect to spreading, ovate; petals white, not spotted, linear to oblanceolate, 2.5–5 mm, longer than sepals, short- or not clawed; filaments broadly club-shaped (± petaloid); pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary ± superior (to 1/4 adnate to hypanthium). <b>Capsules</b> green, purple mottled, valvate. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Arctic and alpine tundra, fell-fields
|elevation=500-4000 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Unlike those of most <i>Micranthes</i> species, the leaves of <i>M. tolmiei</i> are proximally cauline and the ovules have two integuments. The seeds have a loose, winglike testa.</p>
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name=Micranthes tolmiei
|author=
|authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) Brouillet & Gornall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Saxifraga tolmiei var. ledifolia
|basionyms=Saxifraga tolmiei
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Arctic and alpine tundra, fell-fields
|elevation=500-4000 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
|publication year=
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|genus=Micranthes
|species=Micranthes tolmiei
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