OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Micranthes pensylvanica   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga pensylvanica   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Micranthes pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Micranthes pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Saxifraga pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-002:

Saxifraga pensylvanica   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

saxifraga pensylvanica

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Saxifrage


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image of Micranthes pensylvanica, Swamp Saxifrage

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mipe4_001_lvd

        

image of Micranthes pensylvanica, Swamp Saxifrage

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_sape8_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Micranthes pensylvanica   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga pensylvanica   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Micranthes pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Micranthes pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Saxifraga pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-002:
Saxifraga pensylvanica   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
saxifraga pensylvanica

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3247

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forested seeps and seepage swamps, fens, usually over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely any stem leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5 petals
10 stamens, barely exserted
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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