| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Micranthes rhomboidea (Greene) Small sect. Micranthes |
| Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 136 (1905) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1500-4600m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to triangular, 1-3cm, carnose, at base attenuate, coarsely serrate, ciliate, adaxially glabrous, flowers numerous in capitate thyrsus |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Micranthes crenatifolia Small Micranthes franciscana Small Micranthes greenei Small Micranthes interrupta Small Saxifraga austrina (A.Nelson) A.Nelson Saxifraga crenatifolia (Small) Fedde Saxifraga franciscana (Small) Fedde Saxifraga greenei Blank. Saxifraga integrifolia var. rhomboidea (Greene) M.E.Jones Saxifraga interrupta Greene Saxifraga rhomboidea Greene Saxifraga rhomboidea var. austrina A.Nelson Saxifraga rhomboidea var. crenatifolia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga rhomboidea var. franciscana (Small) Kearney & Pebbles Saxifraga rhomboidea f. franciscana (Small) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga rhomboidea var. interrupta Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga rhomboidea var. typica Engl. & Irmsch. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |