An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 7. MTJSCARIA Haw. Enutn. 36. 1821. Perennial low herbs, with densely tufted or matted copiously leafy caudices, sparingly leafy flower-stems, and alternate, 3-lobed or rarely 5-7-lobed leaves, the flowers solitary or few together in terminal cymes. Sepals s, erect. Corolla white, regular, the petals relativ
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 7. MTJSCARIA Haw. Enutn. 36. 1821. Perennial low herbs, with densely tufted or matted copiously leafy caudices, sparingly leafy flower-stems, and alternate, 3-lobed or rarely 5-7-lobed leaves, the flowers solitary or few together in terminal cymes. Sepals s, erect. Corolla white, regular, the petals relatively broad, clawlcss. Stamens 10; filaments subulate. Ovary about one-half inferior, the carpels united to above the middle. Follicles erect, except the sometimes slightly spreading tips, mostly included in the calyx-tube. [Latin, referring to the moss-like growth of the plants.] About 35 species, most abundant on high mountains and in boreal regions. Type species: Saxifraga muscoiJrs Wulf. I. Muscariacaespitosa (L.) Haw. Tufted Saxifrage. Fig. 2168. Saxifraga cacsl^ilosa L. Sp. PI. 404- 1753- Muscaria caespilosa Haw. Saxifr. Enum. 37. 1821. Densely tufted, leaves clustered at the base, spatulate or fan-shaped, 3'-9' long, deeply 3-5-cleft or lobed into^ linear obtuse segments, glabrous; flowering stem erect, 2'-8' high, viscid-pubescent, at least above, linear-bracted or with several 3-lobed leaves; flowers 1-8, corymbose. 4'-7' broad, white; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse or obtnsish, much shorter than the obovate petals; capsule-tips divergent; base of the capsule adnate to the calyx. On rocks, Quebec. Labrador and Newfoundland, west through arctic America to Alaska, south to Oregon and in the Roclcy Mountains to Colorado. Also in arctic and alpine Europe and Siberia. Summer.
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