Chrysosplenium wrightii Franch. & Savigny
Wright's golden-saxifrage (Wright's golden carpet)
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Wright's golden-saxifrage (Wright's golden carpet)
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from thick rhizomes; stems succulent, usually erect, 2-10 cm tall/long, simple or branched, sparsely soft-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves round- to kidney-shaped, 4-9 mm long, 2-14 mm wide, with 5 to 9 broad, round teeth, thick, heart-shaped at base, smooth or with thick white hairs; slender-stalked, the stalks with reddish-brown crinkly hairs; stem leaves similar, few.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a few-flowered, terminal cluster, the flowers inconspicuous; bracts unstalked, or nearly so; petals lacking; calyces joined to lower half of ovaries (the hypanthium); sepals 4, broadly rounded, mottled-purple; stamens 8.
Fruits:
Capsules, the free portion 2-lobed; seeds smooth.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Chrysosplenium wrightii
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
998 | 959 | 1044 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SWB | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(1), SWB(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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