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 230 SAXIFRAGACEAE. I. Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. Golden Saxifrage. Water Carpet. Fig. 2185. Stems slender, decumbent, forked above, glabrous or very nearly so, 3'-8' long. Lower leaves opposite, the upper often alternate, broadly ovate, orbicular or somewhat reniform, ob- tuse or truncate at the base, rounded at the apex, crenate
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 230 SAXIFRAGACEAE. I. Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. Golden Saxifrage. Water Carpet. Fig. 2185. Stems slender, decumbent, forked above, glabrous or very nearly so, 3'-8' long. Lower leaves opposite, the upper often alternate, broadly ovate, orbicular or somewhat reniform, ob- tuse or truncate at the base, rounded at the apex, crenate or obscurely lobed, 2'-io' wide; flowers sessile, axillary, usu- ally solitary, about l' broad; calyx-lobes commonly 4, yel- lowish, or purplish within; stamens commonly 8; anthers orange-red. In wet. shaded places. Nova Scotia to the Saskatchewan region, south, along the mountains to Georgia, and to Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota. March-June. 2. Chrysosplenium iowense Rydb. Iowa Golden Saxi- frage. Fig. 2186. Chrysospleni Rydb.: Br Man. 483. 1901 Flowering stems erect, glabrous or pubescent, 2'-6' high, branched above. Leaves all alternate, the basal ones long- pctioled, reniform, or cordate, often pubescent on the upper sur- face, 3'-i8' wide, or crenate with 5-11 rather broad lobes; flowers mainly terminal, corymbose; calyx-lobes commonly 4, orange-yellow within; stamens usually 8. On wet mossy slope, Decorah, Iowa. May-June. Confused with Chrysosplenium allcrnifolium of Europe, in our first edition.
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