Distribution: Olympic Peninsula endemic
Habitat: Forested ledges and rock crevices where moist.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Scapose, herbaceous perennials, often solitary, from a crown with bulbils.
Leaves all basal, petiolate, the petiole flattened, 0.4-2 cm. long; blades ovate to elliptic, fleshy, 0.5-2 cm. long, the base tapered, the margins serrate and hairy, the upper surface glabrous, the lower reddish-brown woolly.
Inflorescence a flat-topped, 5- to 15-flowered, open cyme 2-7 cm. long, with purple-tipped, stalked glands; sepals 5, spreading to reflexed, ovate; petals 5, greenish, often purple-margined, not spotted or clawed, lanceolate to obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long, barley longer than the sepals; stamens 10, the filaments linear and flattened; pistils 2, distinct almost to base.
Capsules purplish.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Micranthes tischii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Micranthes tischii checklist entry.
E-Flora BC: Micranthes tischii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Micranthes tischii photos.
USDA Plants: Micranthes tischii information.