Micranthes texana

(Buckley) Small

Fl. S.E. U.S., 501. 1903 ,.

Common names: Texas saxifrage
Basionym: Saxifraga texana Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 455. 1862
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 68. Mentioned on page 50, 52.

Plants solitary or in clumps, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole flattened, 1–3 cm; blade broadly ovate to oblong, 1.5–3 cm, ± leathery, base ± abruptly attenuate, margins subentire to slightly crenate, eciliate, surfaces glabrate to sparsely hairy. Inflorescences 20+-flowered, branched, ± capitate thyrses, 10–15 cm, hairy, sometimes purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals erect, ovate; petals white, not spotted, ± obovate, clawed, 2–3.5 mm, ± equaling sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils 3+, connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2+ inferior, appearing more superior in fruit. Capsules reddish to purplish, valvate.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat: Sandy flats, rocky, open, wooded areas, granite outcrops
Elevation: 50-500 m

Distribution

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Ark., Ga., Kans., La., Mo., Okla., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Micranthes texana"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
acute +  and obtuse or rounded +
Luc Brouillet +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(Buckley) Small +
attenuate +
Saxifraga texana +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
broadly ovate +  and oblong +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
2(-3)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
reddish;purplish +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
connate +  and distinct +
Texas saxifrage +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
Ark. +, Ga. +, Kans. +, La. +, Mo. +, Okla. +  and Tex. +
50-500 m +
flattened +
bracteate +  and 2-70+[-1000]-flowered +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (125 cm1,250 mm <br />1.25 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Sandy flats, rocky, open, wooded areas, granite outcrops +
multicellular +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
purplish +  and green +
free +  and adnate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
branched +  and 20+-flowered +
opposite +  and alternate +
subentire +  and slightly crenate +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
purple-margined +
not spotted +  and white +
reddish purple +  and purple +
distinct +
clawed +  and obovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
peltate +  and jointed +
flattened +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering late winter–spring. +
2(-3)-carpellate +
0 +  and 1/2 +
unequal +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
ovoid +, ellipsoid +  and oblong +
reddish +  and green +
distinct +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
2 +  and 3 +
connate +  and distinct +
glabrate +  and sparsely hairy +
Micranthes texana +
Micranthes +
species +
purple-tipped +
stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +