Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptasea tricuspidata (Retz) Haw. Saxifr. Enum. 39. 1821
Saxifraga tricuspidata Retz, Prodr. Fl. Scand. ed. 2. 104. 1795. '^.Saxifraga Chamissoi Sternb. Rev. Saxifr. Suppl. 1 : 12. 1822.
Leaves of the caudices 7.5-21 mm. long, parchment-like, crowded, spreading, the blades linear to cuneate-linear, ciliate, with 3 tooth-like lobes at the apex, each lobe spinetipped ; flower-stalks 5.5-18 cm. tall, sometimes sparingly glandular-pubescent, bearing several leaves which are much smaller than those of the caudices, and the upper ones, at least, entire; sepals ovate, 1.5-3 mm. long, obtuse, more or less ciliate; petals white,
oblongelliptic to oval, 6-7 mm. long, clawless ; filaments subulate ; follicles 5-6.5 mm. long.
Type locality : Scandinavia.
Distribution : Greenland to the Bering Sea region and south to L,abrador, Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains of British America.
- 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
