Micranthes texana (Buckley) Small. Section: Micranthes. Common name: Texas Saxifrage. Phenology: Feb-May. Habitat: Prairies, eastwards on outcrops of sandstone, chert, and granite. Distribution: Sw. MO and se. KS south through AR and OK to nw. LA and e. TX; disjunct in e. GA (found in 1980 by Jim Allison on a small granite outcrop in McDuffie County, GA). It is uncertain whether its occurrence in GA represents a natural disjunction or a freak introduction (J. Allison, pers. comm.).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA8, K4, Mo3, S, S13, Brouillet & Gornall (2007); = n/a — C; = Saxifraga texana Buckley — F, G, GrPl, NcTx, Tx. Basionym: Saxifraga texana Buckley 1862
Links to other floras: = Micranthes texana - FNA8
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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