Comprehensive Description
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Micranthes texana (Buckl.) Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 501. 1903
Saxifraga texana Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1861 : 455. 1862.
Leaves spreading, 2-4.5 cm. long, the blades ovate, varying to oblong-ovate or orbicular-ovate, mainly green, nearly glabrous except the sparingly ciliolate margins, sinuatecrenate or merely undulate, rather abruptly narrowed into relatively slender petiole-like bases ; scapes erect, usually solitary, 7-16 cm. tall, glandular-pubescent or somewhat woolly, especially below the middle, green ; cymules aggregated into a terminal head, or in heads terminating the branches of the inflorescence ; sepals oblong to ovate, 1.5-2 mm. long, obtuse, 3-veined, eciliate ; petals white, oval to obovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, narrowed into broad claw-like bases ; filaments subulate ; follicles about 3 mm. high, often purplish, the stout tips ascending or somewhat spreading.
Type locality : Northeastern Texas. Distribution : Arkansas and Texas.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Micranthes texana: Brief Summary
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Micranthes texana, commonly called Texas saxifrage, is a species of plant in the saxifrage family that is native to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana and Nebraska with a disjunct occurrence in Georgia.
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