Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the break-up of Saxifraga and the Saxifragaceae from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Early Saxifrage from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Micranthes virginiensis
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga virginiensis var. virginiensis
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-003:
Saxifraga virginiensis
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Micranthes virginiensis
COMMON NAME:
Early Saxifrage
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Jerry Bright jeb_031508_017
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Stamens barely exserted. Flowers white, regular, with 5 petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm090321_083
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Petals spatulate to ovate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm090321_086
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Flowering stem is sticky and hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_virginiensis_2
March
Flower petals equal in size, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_virginiensis_3
March
A branched inflorescence arises from the center of the basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Roxanna Martin rlm4910_354
April Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence branched, 4-16" tall, at first compact, later lax and open, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Roxanna Martin rlm4910_359
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves oblong or ovate, usually toothed, all in a basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.