. 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. Botany. 3. Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small. Early Saxifrage. Fig. Saxifraga 1S03. rgiiiieiisis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i ; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. Micranthes virgini< 1903. Scape viscid-pubescent, 4-12' high, naked, or with a few bracts at the base of the pedicels. Leaves obovate, or oval with a spatulate base, narrowed into a margined petiole, dentate or crcnate, o
. 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. Botany. 3. Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small. Early Saxifrage. Fig. Saxifraga 1S03. rgiiiieiisis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i ; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. Micranthes virgini< 1903. Scape viscid-pubescent, 4-12' high, naked, or with a few bracts at the base of the pedicels. Leaves obovate, or oval with a spatulate base, narrowed into a margined petiole, dentate or crcnate, obtuse or acutish at the apex, 1-3' long or longer; inflorescence cymose, at length loose and paniculate with the lower peduncles elongated; flowers white, regular, 2"-3" broad; calyx-lobes erect, triangular or triangular-ovate, much shorter than the oblong-spatulate, obtuse petals; ovary nearly free from the calyx; carpels nearly separate, the follicles at length widely divergent. In dry or rocky woodlands. New Brunswick to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Tennessee. As- cends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. March-May. Forms with 15 stamens occur on New York Island, and with green petals in Essex Co., Mass. Spring-saxi- frage. May-flower. Sweet wilson. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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