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Micranthes foliolosa (R.Br.) Gornall sect. Arabisa 
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesMicranthes foliolosa (R.Br.) Gornall sect. Arabisa
BibliographyJ. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1020 (2007)
Native RangeSubarctic to ne. USA, Colorado
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves sessile, oblanceolate, carnose, at base cuneate, subentire, sparsely ciliate, glabrescent, flowers 2-5 in narrow cylindrical thyrsus, petals with yellow basal patch
Size10-25cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
division after flowering; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsHydatica foliolosa (R.Br.) Small
Saxifraga comosa (Retz.) J.Fellm.
Saxifraga foliolosa R.Ber.
Saxifraga foliosa D.Dietr.
Saxifraga stellaris f. comosa (Retz.) Wahlenb.
Saxifraga stelaris ssp. comosa (Retz.) Braun.-Blanq.
Saxifraga stellaris var. comosa Retz.
Spatularia foliolosa (R.Br.) Small
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine)
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