Chrysosplenium glechomifolium

Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray

in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 589. 1840 (as glechomaefolium) ,.

Common names: Pacific golden-saxifrage
Endemic
Synonyms: Chrysosplenium oppositifolium var. scouleri Hooker Chrysosplenium scouleri (Hooker) Rose
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 72. Mentioned on page 71.

Stolons white or tan, 0.3–1 mm diam., glabrous. Flowering-stems ascending to erect, branching in distal 1/4–1/2, 8–27 cm, glabrous. Leaves usually opposite, sometimes alternate distally, membranous. Stolon leaves: petiole 3–10 mm, glabrous; blade ovate to depressed-ovate or flabellate, 5–17 (–20) × (3–) 6–16 mm, base truncate to cuneate, margins 9–17 (–21) -crenate or crenate-dentate, not purple-spotted, glabrous, surfaces glabrous abaxially and adaxially. Cauline leaves 2–9; petiole 0.2–10 mm, glabrous; blade ovate to depressed-ovate or flabellate, 5–17 (–20) × (3–) 6–16 mm, base truncate to cuneate, margins 9–17 (–21) -crenate or crenate-dentate, glabrous, surfaces glabrous abaxially and adaxially. Inflorescences terminal or axillary solitary flowers or 3–20-flowered, open cymes; bracts green, not purple-spotted, foliaceous, ovate to flabellate, 2–9 × 2–8 mm, margins 5–9-crenate. Pedicels absent or 0.1–1.8 (–3) mm. Flowers: hypanthium green, not purple-spotted, turbinate, 0.8–1.8 × 1.5–3 mm, glabrous; sepals spreading to erect, green, not purple-spotted, sometimes reddish brown-spotted distally, broadly ovate, 1–1.5 × 1.1–1.8 mm, apex obtuse to rounded; nectary disc conspicuous, green or purple, 8-lobed; stamens 8, 0.4–0.8 mm; anthers yellow, 0.1–0.3 × 0.2–0.4 mm; styles 0.3–0.4 mm. Seeds 10–20, dark-brown, ovoid to ellipsoid, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Marshy ground, seeps, springs, bogs, streamsides
Elevation: 0-900 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
obtuse +  and rounded +
Craig C. Freeman +  and Nicholas D. Levsen +
Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray +
truncate +  and cuneate +
depressed-elliptic +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
ovate +  and depressed-ovate or flabellate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (?) +
not purple-spotted +  and green +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
ovate;flabellate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
Pacific golden-saxifrage +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-900 m +
lanceolate +  and narrowly oblong +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (27 cm270 mm <br />0.27 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Marshy ground, seeps, springs, bogs, streamsides +
multicellular +
not purple-spotted +  and green +
free +  and adnate +
0.8mm;1.8mm +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
2-30-flowered +, compound +  and simple +
alternate +  and opposite +
membranous +
not purple-spotted +
5-9-crenate +, crenate-dentate +  and 9-17(-21)-crenate +
purple +  and green +
marginal +, superior +  and inferior +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
0.1-1.8(-3) mm +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
distinct +
unlobed +  and lobed +
peltate +  and jointed +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–May. +
unequal +
in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. +
spiny +  and ribbed +
dark-brown +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
reddish brown-spotted +, not purple-spotted +  and green +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
tan +  and white +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
connate +  and distinct +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
lobed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium var. scouleri +  and Chrysosplenium scouleri +
Chrysosplenium glechomifolium +
Chrysosplenium +
species +
crenate-dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and subentire +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +