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.
Habit: Plant minutely glandular; rhizome scaly; bulblets 0. Leaf: basal, occasionally 1 cauline; petioles with long, downward-pointing, gland-tipped, white hairs, occasionally lacking in youngest leaves; blade ovate to round, +- lobed, base +- cordate. Inflorescence: spike-like raceme, +- 1-sided, blooming from base to tip; bracts generally scale-like. Flower: hypanthium widely obconic to bell-shaped, +- fused to ovary; sepals mucronate, gland at tip; petals not clawed, lobes [0]3[5] at tip; stamens 5, alternate petals; pistil 1, ovary generally > 1/2-inferior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal, stigmas unlobed, +- sessile. Fruit: capsule, becoming widely dehiscent. Seed: many, red-brown to black, minutely papillate. Etymology: (Greek: odor of honey, from flower) eFlora Treatment Author: Michael S. Park & Douglas E. Soltis
Ozomelis diversifolia (Greene) Rydb.
NATIVE Habit: Plant 2--5 dm. Leaf: blade 3--6 cm wide, lobes 5--7. Inflorescence: pedicel (0)0.5--2 mm. Flower: hypanthium 2.5--3.5 mm wide; petals white to light pink, lobes acute at tip. Chromosomes: 2n=14. Ecology: Uncommon. Moist woodland, streambanks; Elevation: 1000--2000 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRO, NCoRH, CaRH, n SNH; Distribution Outside California: to Washington. Flowering Time: Apr--Jul Synonyms: Mitella diversifolia Greene Jepson eFlora Author: Michael S. Park & Douglas E. Soltis Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Ozomelis Next taxon: Ozomelis trifida
Botanical illustration including Ozomelis diversifolia
Citation for this treatment: Michael S. Park & Douglas E. Soltis 2012, Ozomelis diversifolia, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=35805, accessed on April 24, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 24, 2024.
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