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Saxifraga eschscholtzii
Sternb.
Family:
Saxifragaceae
Cushion Saxifrage
FNA
Resources
Luc Brouillet, Patrick E. Elvander in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Plants
cushion-forming, rounded, sometimes mat-forming (then stems trailing), (stems slightly woody at base), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous, with caudex.
Leaves
basal (sometimes cauline on trailing stems), (closely imbricate); petiole absent; blade round to broadly obovate, unlobed, 1-4 mm, ± fleshy, margins entire, stiffly bristly-ciliate, apex obtuse or rounded, surfaces glabrous.
Inflorescences
solitary flowers, to 1 cm, glabrous; bracts sessile.
Flowers
unisexual (plants dioecious); sepals spreading in flower, reflexed in fruit, (purple), triangular to ovate, margins ciliate, surfaces hairy; petals yellow, drying cream to brown, not spotted, linear to oblanceolate, 1-2.5 mm, ± equaling sepals; ovary superior.
2
n
= 12.
Flowering early summer. Cliffs and gravelly spits, rocky outcrops, gravel shores, tundra; 0-2000+ m; N.W.T., Yukon; Alaska; Asia (Siberia).
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