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Chrysosplenium glechomifolium


Higher Taxonomy
Family: SaxifragaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: SAXIFRAGE FAMILY
Habit: Perennial herb from caudex or rhizome, generally +- hairy. Stem: often +- leafy on proximal 1/2, rarely trailing and leafy throughout. Leaf: generally simple, basal and/or cauline, generally alternate, generally petioled; veins +- palmate. Inflorescence: raceme or panicle, generally +- scapose. Flower: generally bisexual, generally radial; hypanthium free to +- fused to ovary; calyx lobes generally 5; petals generally 5, free, generally clawed, generally white; stamens 3, [4], 5, 8, or 10; pistils 1 (carpels +- fused, ovary lobed, chambers 1 or 2, placentas generally 2(3), axile or parietal or occasionally proximally axile and distally marginal in ovary lobes) or 2 (carpels free, placentas marginal), ovary nearly superior to inferior, occasionally more superior in fruit, styles generally 2(3). Fruit: capsule (generally 2(3)-beaked, valves generally 2(3), generally equal) or 2 follicles. Seed: generally many, small.
Genera In Family: +- 30 genera, 600 species: especially northern temperate, arctic, alpine; some cultivated (Bergenia, Darmera, Heuchera, Saxifraga, Tellima, Tolmiea). Note: California Mitella moved to Mitellastra, Ozomelis, Pectiantia; Suksdorfia ranunculifolia to Hemieva. Parnassia moved to Parnassiaceae.
eFlora Treatment Author: Michael S. Park & Patrick E. Elvander, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.
Genus: ChrysospleniumView Description 


Common Name: GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE
Habit: Plant glabrous; caudex without scales or bulblets. Stem: prostrate to ascending, rooting at nodes. Leaf: cauline, opposite [or alternate] throughout or distal alternate; blade round to ovate, base generally truncate, teeth round. Inflorescence: flowers 1, axillary, inconspicuous; bracts leaf-like. Flower: hypanthium fused to ovary; calyx lobes 4, petal-like; petals 0; stamens [4]8; pistil 1, ovary inferior to 1/2-inferior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal. Fruit: capsule, becoming widely dehiscent, forming splash cup. Seed: many, red-brown (to black), shiny.
Etymology: (Greek: golden spleen)
eFlora Treatment Author: Michael S. Park
Chrysosplenium glechomifolium Nutt.
NATIVE
Leaf: 7--30 mm; petiole < 10 mm; blade 5--20 mm wide. Flower: calyx lobes 1.5--2 mm, elliptic; stamens +- 1 mm; nectaries 2, surrounding ovary, each with 4 lobes alternate stamens. Chromosomes: 2n=18.
Ecology: Shady wet areas; Elevation: < 200 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCo; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia. Flowering Time: Feb--May
Jepson eFlora Author: Michael S. Park
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Citation for this treatment: Michael S. Park 2012, Chrysosplenium glechomifolium, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=19419, accessed on April 19, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.

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