Micranthes aprica is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Sierra saxifrage. It is native to the high mountains of California, including the Sierra Nevada[1] and the southern Cascade Range, and adjacent slopes in southern Oregon and western Nevada. It grows in mountain habitat in areas of alpine climate, such as meadows and next to streams of snowmelt. It is a perennial herb which spends most of the year in a dormant state in order to save water, and rarely flowers.[2] It produces a small gray-green basal rosette of toothed oval leaves up to about 4 centimeters long. When it does bloom, it sends up an erect inflorescence on a peduncle several centimeters tall topped with a cluster of flowers. Each flower has five sepals, five small white petals, and a clump of whiskery stamens at the center.
Micranthes aprica is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Sierra saxifrage. It is native to the high mountains of California, including the Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascade Range, and adjacent slopes in southern Oregon and western Nevada. It grows in mountain habitat in areas of alpine climate, such as meadows and next to streams of snowmelt. It is a perennial herb which spends most of the year in a dormant state in order to save water, and rarely flowers. It produces a small gray-green basal rosette of toothed oval leaves up to about 4 centimeters long. When it does bloom, it sends up an erect inflorescence on a peduncle several centimeters tall topped with a cluster of flowers. Each flower has five sepals, five small white petals, and a clump of whiskery stamens at the center.
Sierra saxifrage, flowers
Saxifraga aprica es una especie del género Saxifraga. Es nativa de las altas montañas de California, incluyendo Sierra Nevada[1] y el sur de la cordillera de las Cascadas, y las laderas adyacentes en el sur de Oregon y el oeste de Nevada. Crece en el hábitat de montaña en las zonas de clima alpino , tales como las praderas y junto a los arroyos de deshielo.
Es una hierba perenne, que pasa la mayor parte del año en un estado latente con el fin de ahorrar agua, y rara vez las florece.[2] Se produce en una pequeña roseta de color gris-verdoso de hojas ovaladas dentadas de hasta unos 4 centímetros de largo. Cuando florece, lo hace en una erecta inflorescencia en un pedúnculo de varios centímetros de altura rematada con un racimo de flores. Cada flor tiene cinco sépalos, cinco pétalos blancos pequeños, y un grupo de estambres en el centro.
Saxifraga aprica fue descrita por Edward Lee Greene y publicado en North American Flora 22(2): 135. 1905.[3]
Saxifraga: nombre genérico que viene del latín saxum, ("piedra") y frangere, ("romper, quebrar"). Estas plantas se llaman así por su capacidad, según los antiguos, de romper las piedras con sus fuertes raíces. Así lo afirmaba Plinio, por ejemplo.
aprica: epíteto latino que significa "amante del sol".[4]
Saxifraga aprica es una especie del género Saxifraga. Es nativa de las altas montañas de California, incluyendo Sierra Nevada y el sur de la cordillera de las Cascadas, y las laderas adyacentes en el sur de Oregon y el oeste de Nevada. Crece en el hábitat de montaña en las zonas de clima alpino , tales como las praderas y junto a los arroyos de deshielo.
Micranthes aprica là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Saxifragaceae. Loài này được (Greene) Small miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1905.[1]
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