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 3. Hydatica petiolaris (Raf.) Small. .Michaux's Saxifrage. Fig. 2165. Saxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i: 268. 1803. Not LePeyr. 1803. Hexaphoma petiolaris Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 67. 1836. Saxifraga Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 118. 1894. Spalutaria petiolaris Small, N. A. Flora 22=: 150. 1905. H. petiolaris Small, FI. SE.
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 3. Hydatica petiolaris (Raf.) Small. .Michaux's Saxifrage. Fig. 2165. Saxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i: 268. 1803. Not LePeyr. 1803. Hexaphoma petiolaris Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 67. 1836. Saxifraga Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 118. 1894. Spalutaria petiolaris Small, N. A. Flora 22=: 150. 1905. H. petiolaris Small, FI. SE. U. S. Ed. 2, 760. 1911. Erect, viscid-pubescent,6-20'high. Basal leaves clustered, oblanceolate or oblong, acute or obtuse at the apex, z'-f long, nar- rowed into a margined petiole, coarsely and deeply dentate; flowering stem naked below, leafy-bracted above; inflorescence widely paniculate; flowers 2'-t,' broad, irregular; petals clawed, white, the 3 larger ones sagit- tate or truncate and usually with a pair of yellowish spots at the base, the outer 2 spatulate and unspotted, narrowed at the base; calyx-tube free from the ovary, its lobes reflexed; follicles lanceolate, sharp- pointed, little divaricate, about 2I' long. In dry rocky places, mountain summits of Virginia to Georgia. May-Sept. 6. SAXIFRAGA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 398. 1753. Perennial 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 by bulblets. Calyx-lobes 5, erect, usually with a terminal gland. Corolla white, regular, the petals somewhat narrowed at the base, but usually clawless. Stamens 10; filaments subulate. Ovary 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
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