OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key


INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga michauxii   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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

Micranthes petiolaris

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Micranthes petiolaris

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

Micranthes petiolaris

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-001?:

Saxifraga michauxii   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage


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image of Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi, Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage

JK Marlow    jkm160319_040

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Annual; flowering in early spring, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi, Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7110

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi, Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7112

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Flowers radially symmetrical (all petals distinctly clawed w 2 yellow spots), per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi, Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7122

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi, Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7122b

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga michauxii   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Micranthes petiolaris

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-001?:
Saxifraga michauxii   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3660

Forb
Annual

Habitat: In moist seepage over rock, at low elevations (2000-3000 feet), per Weakley's Flora

Native to South & possibly North Carolina

Rare (endemic to SC's Pickens County, so far as is known)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely any stem leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring
Whitish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, barely exserted
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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