Suksdorfia ranunculifolia

(Hooker) Engler

in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 53[III,2a]: 52. 1891,.

Endemic
Basionym: Saxifraga ranunculifolia Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 246, plate 83. 1832
Synonyms: Hemieva ranunculifolia (Hooker) Rafinesque
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 125. Mentioned on page 124.

Plants 8–40 cm. Leaves: stipules of rosette leaves and proximal cauline leaves barely expanded at bases of petiole, stipules of distal cauline leaves conspicuous; petiole 3–15 cm; blade deeply 3(–5)-lobed, 1–4 cm, base cordate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences condensed, flat-topped, compound cymes, 9–35-flowered, ebracteate or bracteate, 8–40 cm, stipitate-glandular; bract subtending pedicel small. Flowers: hypanthium free from ovary 0.3–1 mm, with purple band distally, campanulate, 2.5–3 mm, short stipitate-glandular; sepals broadly triangular-ovate, unlobed, 1.5–3 mm, apex acute; petals spreading, white (sometimes pink tipped), broadly elliptic to obovate, 3–5 mm; stamens included, 1.5 mm; ovary 3/4 inferior; styles to 1 mm. Capsules brown, ovoid, 4 mm. Seeds ellipsoid and prismatic, 0.6–0.8 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Wet, mossy, rocky crevices and cliffs
Elevation: 50-2200 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Suksdorfia ranunculifolia is found in the Cascade, Rocky, and Siskiyou mountains of the Pacific Northwest, near sea level in coastal British Columbia, and on Vancouver Island.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Suksdorfia ranunculifolia"
Elizabeth Fortson Wells +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
(Hooker) Engler +
Saxifraga ranunculifolia +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
50-2200 m +
Wet, mossy, rocky crevices and cliffs +
Flowering May–Aug. +
in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. +
Hemieva ranunculifolia +
Suksdorfia ranunculifolia +
Suksdorfia +
species +