Saxifraga vespertina
Bruce N. Newhouse

Flora of Oregon, draft

[ in prep. ]

[This taxon will be assessed for treatment in volume 3 of Flora of Oregon, which is not yet published.]

Flora of North America

as described under Saxifraga vespertina

Plants forming loose mats, (stems trailing), not stoloniferous, rhizomatous. Leaves cauline (crowded proximally); petiole absent; blade spatulate, unlobed or minutely 3-toothed or -lobed apically, 4-11 mm, leathery, margins entire, (not cartilaginous), stiffly ciliate, apex rounded or obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 3-6-flowered cymes, 2.5-12 cm, pink- to purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; bracts sessile. Flowers: sepals erect, ovate to oblong, margins sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous; petals white to cream, yellow-spotted proximally, red- or orange-spotted distally, these often faded in dried specimens, elliptic, 4-6 mm, much longer than sepals; ovary superior. 2n = 26.Flowering summer. Rocky slopes, ledges, crevices; 100-1800 m; Oreg., Wash.

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