Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive
Distribution: Western United States.
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive
Distribution: Western United States.
Species Description:
General: Herbaceous perennials from woody rhizomes, forming loose mats, the flowering stems leafless, 6-25 cm. tall, erect, with stalked glands.
Leaves: Leaves in a basal rosette, petiolate, the petiole jointed at point of attachment to blade, separating early; leaf blade broadly ovate, palmately veined, not lobed, the base wedge-shaped, with coarse teeth on the upper edges, nearly glabrous; cauline leaves reduced to 1-2 sessile bracts.
Flowers: Inflorescence a terminal, elongate, compact, compound panicle with 27-90 flowers, bracteate; calyx attached to ovary about half way, the 5 lobes green; petals 5, white, unlobed; stamens 10; carpels 2, fused about ¼ their length.
Fruits: Carpels with 2 beaks.
General: Herbaceous perennials from woody rhizomes, forming loose mats, the flowering stems leafless, 6-25 cm. tall, erect, with stalked glands.
Leaves: Leaves in a basal rosette, petiolate, the petiole jointed at point of attachment to blade, separating early; leaf blade broadly ovate, palmately veined, not lobed, the base wedge-shaped, with coarse teeth on the upper edges, nearly glabrous; cauline leaves reduced to 1-2 sessile bracts.
Flowers: Inflorescence a terminal, elongate, compact, compound panicle with 27-90 flowers, bracteate; calyx attached to ovary about half way, the 5 lobes green; petals 5, white, unlobed; stamens 10; carpels 2, fused about ¼ their length.
Fruits: Carpels with 2 beaks.
Accepted Name:
Saxifragopsis fragarioides (Greene) SmallSynonyms:
Saxifraga fragarioides Greene
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
(not treated in H&C)
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Saxifragopsis fragarioides specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Saxifragopsis fragarioides specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Saxifragopsis fragarioides treatment.
E-Flora BC: Saxifragopsis fragarioides atlas page.
CalPhotos: Saxifragopsis fragarioides images.
USDA Plants Database: Saxifragopsis fragarioides.
Fred Weinmann, 1998
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
Clayton J. Antieau, 1991
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