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Micranthes virginiensis (Michaux) Small. Section: Micranthes. Common name: Early Saxifrage. Phenology: Feb-Jun. Habitat: Rock outcrops, moist alluvial and slope forests, streambanks, riverbanks. Distribution: NB west to MB, south to c. GA, LA, and AR.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA8, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, Brouillet & Gornall (2007), Tkach, Röser, & Hoffmann (2015); = Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. — C, F, G, GW2, Pa, RAB, W, WV; > Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. var. virginiensis. Basionym: Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Micranthes virginiensis - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rosette-forming perennial found on rock outcrops, moist alluvial and slope forests and stream banks.

Stems: Flowering stems arising from a basal rosette, stout, branched above, with a few bracts, sticky-hairy.

Leaves: Leaves basal, on widened petioles edged with hairs, oval to spoon-shaped, 1/2-3 in. long, bluntly toothed, fleshy, often purplish-red beneath, smooth or hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a compact, sticky-hairy terminal panicle that elongates with age; white; about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, oval petals, 10 yellow-tipped stamens and a 2-lobed ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a 2-parted, teardrop-shaped capsule.

Comments:

Height: 4-18 in.

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description: Erect, rosette-forming perennial found on rock outcrops, moist alluvial and slope forests and stream banks.

stems: Flowering stems arising from a basal rosette, stout, branched above, with a few bracts, sticky-hairy.

leaves: Leaves basal, on widened petioles edged with hairs, oval to spoon-shaped, 1/2-3 in. long, bluntly toothed, fleshy, often purplish-red beneath, smooth or hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a compact, sticky-hairy terminal panicle that elongates with age; white; about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, oval petals, 10 yellow-tipped stamens and a 2-lobed ovary.

fruits: Fruit a 2-parted, teardrop-shaped capsule.

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native range: eastern North America



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