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: Rhizome scaly; bulblets 0. Leaf: basal (occasionally 1 cauline); blade +- ovate to round, base +- cordate, +- lobed, generally toothed. Inflorescence: raceme or spike, +- 1-sided, blooming from base to tip; bracts generally scale-like. Flower: hypanthium saucer-shaped, +- fused to ovary; petals pinnately lobed, not clawed; stamens 5, filaments < anthers; pistil 1, ovary generally > 1/2-inferior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal; styles 2, <= 0.3 mm; stigmas 2-lobed. Fruit: capsule, becoming widely dehiscent, forming splash cup. Seed: many, red-brown to black, shiny. Species In Genus: +- 13 species: temperate western North America, Japan, Taiwan. Etymology: (Latin: comb, from petals; opposing, for stamens opposite petals in Pectiantia pentandra) eFlora Treatment Author: Michael S. Park & Douglas E. Soltis
Pectiantia ovalis (Greene) Rydb.
NATIVE Habit: Plant 1--3 dm. Leaf: petiole densely hairy; blade 1.5--5 cm wide, ovate-elliptic, lobes 5--9, teeth +- sharp, shallow. Inflorescence: pedicel (0)0.5--1.5 mm. Flower: hypanthium 2.5--3.5 mm wide; petals yellow-green, lobes 4--7, alternate, linear; stamens alternate petals; styles +- 0.3 mm. Chromosomes: 2n=14. Ecology: Wet woodland, shaded streambanks; Elevation: < 1000 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCo, NCoRO, n CCo (Marin Co.); Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Synonyms: Mitella ovalis Greene Jepson eFlora Author: Michael S. Park & Douglas E. Soltis Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Pectiantia breweri Next taxon: Pectiantia pentandra
Citation for this treatment: Michael S. Park & Douglas E. Soltis 2012, Pectiantia ovalis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36526, accessed on January 18, 2021.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2021, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on January 18, 2021.
Geographic subdivisions for Pectiantia ovalis:
NCo, NCoRO, n CCo (Marin Co.)
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