Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Micranthes oregana (Howell) Small sect. Micranthes |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 138 (1905) |
Native Range | Alberta to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 100-2500m |
Description | leaves obscurely petiolate, linear to oblanceolate, carnose, cuneate, denticulate, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, flowers numerous in conical thyrsus, petals 2-5mm |
Size | 30-90cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Micranthes arnoglossa Small Micranthes brachypus Small Micranthes montanensis (Small) Small Micranthes sierrae (Small) A.Heller Saxifraga arnoglossa (Small) Fedde Saxifraga brachypus (Small) Fedde Saxifraga montanensis Small Saxifraga montanensis var. typica Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga oregana Howell Saxifraga oregana f. brachypus Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis (Small) C.L.Hitchc. Saxifraga oregana var. sierrae (Small) Coville Saxifraga oregana var. typica Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga oregana f. vulgaris Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga sierrae Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |