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; 2nd ed. . (Raf.) Small. Michauxs Saxifrage. Fig. 2165. Saxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx. PI. Bor. Am. I: 268. 1803. Not LePeyr. petiolaris Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 67. Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 118. petiolaris Small, N. A. Flora 22: 150. petiolaris Small, Fl. SE. U. S. Ed. 2, 760. 1911. Erect, viscid-pubescent, 6-2o hig
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; 2nd ed. . (Raf.) Small. Michauxs Saxifrage. Fig. 2165. Saxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx. PI. Bor. Am. I: 268. 1803. Not LePeyr. petiolaris Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 67. Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 118. petiolaris Small, N. A. Flora 22: 150. petiolaris Small, Fl. SE. U. S. Ed. 2, 760. 1911. Erect, viscid-pubescent, 6-2o high. Basalleaves clustered, oblanceolate or oblong,acute or obtuse at the , 3-/ long, nar-rowed into a margined petiole, coarsely anddeeply dentate; flowering stem naked below,leafy-bracted above; inflorescence widelypaniculate; flowers 2-3 broad, irregular;petals clawed, white, the 3 larger ones sagit-tate or truncate and usually with a pair ofyellowish spots at the base, the outer 2spatulate and unspotted, narrowed at thebase; calyx-tube free from the ovarj-, itslobes reflexed; follicles lanceolate, sharp-pointed, little divaricate, about 2 long. In dry rocky places, mountain summits ofVirginia to Georgia. 6. SAXIFRAGA [Totirn.] L. Sp. PI. 398. herbs, with flowering stems arising from the small rootstocks and alternate,entire or 3-7-lobed leaves. The flowers solitary or in terminal cymes, rarely represented bybulblets. Calyx-lobes 5, erect, usually with a terminal gland. Corolla white, regular, thepetals somewhat narrowed at the base, but usually clawless. Stamens 10; filaments about one-half inferior, the carpels united to about the middle. Follicles well united,erect, except the more or less spreading tips, partly included in the calyx-tube. [Greek,stone-breaking, from reputed medicinal qualities.] .•\bout 20 species, most abundant in the cooler parts of the northern hemisphere. Type species:Saxifraga granulala L. Flowers below
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