OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Micranthes careyana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga careyana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Micranthes careyana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-005:

Saxifraga careyana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Micranthes careyana

 

COMMON NAME:
Carey's Saxifrage


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image of Micranthes careyana, Carey's Saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmscareyana_covetrail1

May        TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves petiolate, the blade rather abruptly contracted to the petiole, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Micranthes careyana, Carey's Saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmscareyana_covetrail2

May        TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Micranthes careyana, Carey's Saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmscareyana_mj3

May-June?    Ashe County    NC

Mount Jefferson

Petals clawed or not clawed; stamens exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Micranthes careyana, Carey's Saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmscareyana_nantahala

May-June?        NC

Nantahala National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Micranthes careyana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saxifraga careyana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Micranthes careyana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-14-005:
Saxifraga careyana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Micranthes careyana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1333

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist rock outcrops and cliffs, rocks along seeps or brooks, often under overhangs, often in moist soil at the base of a vertical or overhanging rock outcrop, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely any stem leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx with short campanulate tube
5 petals
10 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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