Saxifraga tricuspidata Rottbøll
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.1.181 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464670 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A1887E1-A24A-FF93-FCAF-6C423AD9595E |
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Saxifraga tricuspidata Rottbøll |
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Saxifraga tricuspidata Rottbøll View in CoL
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Materials examined. CANADA – Nunavut • Ellesmere Island, CFS Alert ; 82°26′39″N, 61°57′18″W; 159 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2019; habitat: mesic, with till and rocks as substrates, dominated by Juncus biglumis , moss, and lichen; QFA0635004 View Materials GoogleMaps .
Identification. Plants 3.5–7.5 cm high; herbaceous; caespitose (cushion shape). Taproots and rhizomes present. Stems 2.5–7.0 cm long; erect; hairy, with glandular hairs. Leaves basal and cauline; heterophyllous; alternate; subsessile (basal leaves) or sessile (cauline leaves). Basal leaf blades 3–10 mm long, 1.5–4.0 mm wide; linear or oblanceolate; bases cuneate; lobed, with 1–3 triangular, cuspidate lobes; green or red; abaxial and adaxial surfaces both glabrous; margins ciliate, with non-glandular hairs. Cauline leaf blades 2.5–6.5 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide; elliptic or oblanceolate; unlobed or sometimes lobed, with narrow triangular lobes; abaxial and adaxial surfaces both glabrous; margins ciliate, with non-glandular hairs; apices cuspidate. Inflorescence a cyme, with 2–7 flowers. Pedicels hairy. Sepals 5; 1.5–2.0 mm long, 0.8– 1.5 mm wide; ovate; green or purple; surface glabrous; margins glabrous; apices obtuse. Petals 5; 2.5–5.0 mm long, 1–3 mm wide; obovate or oblanceolate; unlobed; ivory or yellow, with apically yellow, orange, or red dots. Androecium with 10 stamens and 0.3–0.7 mm long anthers. Gynoecium with 2 styles.
Characteristics allowing to distinguish S. tricuspidata from the other Saxifraga species present on Ellesmere Island can be found under S. cernua .
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Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre |
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