Micranthes odontoloma (Brook Saxifrage)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Streambank/Brook Saxifrage

SPECIES: Micranthes odontoloma

FAMILY: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Soda Creek, Hwy. 108, Sonora Hwy., Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plants 20--50 cm; caudex producing rhizomes; bulblets 0. 

Leaf: 4--40 cm; petiole 2--30 cm, base generally +- expanded, sheathing, membranous; blade +- round, base cordate to reniform, teeth coarse, sharp. 

Inflorescence: open. 

Flower: sepals reflexed, generally +- = petals, ovate to elliptic; petals 3--4.5 mm, round to elliptic, 2-spotted, ephemeral; filaments club-shaped; nectaries band-like; pistil 1, ovary superior, placentas proximally axile and distally marginal in ovary lobes. 

Fruit: capsule, follicle-like. 

Ecology: Wet meadows, ledges; 

Elevation: > 1500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, SNH, SnBr; 

Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, New Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Jul--Aug 

Synonyms: Saxifraga odontoloma Piper

Jepson eFlora Author: Michael S. Park