Micranthes reflexa
Yukon saxifrage
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Yukon saxifrage
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #11151)
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from short stem-bases and black fibrous roots; flowering stems 9-30 cm tall, glandular-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves round, oblanceolate or egg- to spoon-shaped, 2-8.5 cm long, 8-25 mm wide, 9- to 21- toothed, sparsely soft-hairy, often purplish below; stalks wide; stem leaves lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal, many-flowered, open cluster, the bracts linear, purple; petals white, 2-3 mm long, distinctly 1-veined; calyces green, sometimes purplish, the lobes 5, egg-shaped to lanceolate, 1.2-3 mm long, minutely fringed, bent back; stamens 10.
Fruits:
Follicles, 3-6 mm long, usually purplish.
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 Micranthes reflexa
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 |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
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| Slope
Gradient (%) |
53 | 53 | 53 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
120 | 120 | 120 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Dry to mesic meadows, cliffs, gravelly slopes and fellfields in the alpine zone; infrequent in N BC; N to AK, YT and NT.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Saxifraga reflexa Hook.