Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Micranthes subapetala (E. Nelson) Small
Saxifraga subapetala E. Nelson, Erythea 7 : 169. 1899.
Leaves erect or ascending, 3-17 cm. long, the blades narrowly oblong to oblong-spatulate, or linear-oblong, the earlier ones relatively shorter and broader, all undulate or remotely glandular-toothed, often sparingly pubescent, ciliolate, gradually narrowed into petiole-like bases which are more or less scarious and sheathing at the base ; scapes erect, typically solitary, 28-50 cm. tall, thinly glandular-pubescent, narrowly paniculate above; cymules aggregated into clusters terminating the short branches of the inflorescence, or some of the upper ones almost sessile ; sepals ovate, 1-2 mm. long, 3-veined, eciliate ; petals wanting or obsolete; filaments subulate; follicles 3-4 mm. high, green or pur pietinged, the stout tips spreading or ultimately somewhat recurved.
Type locality : pastern Idaho. Distribution : Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
