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Read about the break-up of Saxifraga and the Saxifragaceae from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydatica petiolaris
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga michauxii
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 094-14-001:
Saxifraga michauxii
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hydatica petiolaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Micranthes petiolaris
COMMON NAME:
Cliff Saxifrage, Michaux's Saxifrage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hype7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100626_032
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
The upper three petals each have two yellow spots, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm100626_035
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leaves are coarsely serrate, obovate to oblanceolate, from 2-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Keith Bradley kab_h_petiolaris_0754
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Tim Spira tpsmpetiolaris2
June
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JK Marlow jkm0307g_17
July Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Our only Saxifrage with bilaterally symmetric flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm060723_104
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060723_106
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Hairy perennial with most leaves in a basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm060723_343
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
2 narrow spatulate petals and 3 wider stalked petals spotted with yellow, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0308w_04
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Plant from 4-20" tall with a large open inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0311d_37
November Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Reddish-green leaves & stem and deeply toothed spatulate leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0311e_01
November Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0311e_08
November Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway