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Saxifraga vespertina
(Small) Fedde
Family:
Saxifragaceae
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Flora of North America
Resources
Luc Brouillet, Patrick E. Elvander in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Plants
forming loose mats, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous.
Leaves
cauline (crowded proximally); petiole absent; blade spatulate, unlobed or minutely 3-toothed or -lobed apically, 4-11 mm, leathery, margins entire, (not cartilaginous), stiffly ciliate, apex rounded or obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous.
Inflorescences
3-6-flowered cymes, 2.5-12 cm, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile.
Flowers:
sepals erect, ovate to oblong, margins sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals white to cream, yellow-spotted proximally, red- or orange-spotted distally, these often faded in dried specimens, elliptic, 4-6 mm, much longer than sepals; ovary superior.
2
n
= 26. Flowering summer. Rocky slopes, ledges, crevices; 100-1800 m; Oreg., Wash.
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