Micranthes virginiensis

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Family:SAXIFRAGACEAE
Species:Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small
Common Name:Early Saxifrage
Habitat:**
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Early Saxifrage is a native herbaceous perennial in the Saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae). It is native to the northern half of Alabama. Early Saxifrage occurs in rocky woods, on cliff faces and outcrops, on roadside banks, and in cedar glades. It is a perennial from a caudex or short rhizome producing bulbils. The leaves occur in a basal rosette. The leaves are petiolate, ovate to elliptic in outline, sparsely to densely pubescent with reddish-brown hairs, stipitate glandular, with crenate or serrate margins. The leaves are thick and fleshy. Fragrant flowers are produced in a flat-topped thyrsus with 30+ individual flowers. The stalk of the inflorescence is pubescent and stipitate glandular. Individual flowers have 5 green sepals, 5 white petals, and 10 stamens. The fruit is a capsule. Early Saxifrage is one of the first wildflowers to bloom in the early spring. It is sometimes sold for use in rock gardens. It is easily grown from seed.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE - Saxifrage family
Genus Micranthes
Species Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small - Early Saxifrage

Citation

Citation Micranthes virginiensis (Michaux) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 501. 1903.
Basionym: Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. 1803.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Saxifraga virginiensis    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1893 - 2021

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA_ACC_33652 Bibb 14 Apr 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
974		 AUA
SAXIFRAGA VIRGINIENSIS MICHX.
UNA00014926 Bibb 14 Apr 1979 Wiersema, John H.
569		 UNA
Saxifraga virginiensis Michx.
UNA00014916 Bibb 09 Mar 1981 Horn, Charles N.
182		 UNA
Saxifraga virginiensis Michx.
JSU133698 Bibb 28 Mar 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
415		 JSU
Micranthes virginiensis (Michaux) Small
UWAL0052181 Bibb 02 Mar 2019 Keener, Brian R.
10991		 UWAL
Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small
SAMF0001414 Blount 04 Mar 1956 Avery, J.C.
s.n.		 SAMF
Micranthes virginiensis (Michaux) Small
AUA_ACC_19265 Blount 14 Mar 1969 MOORE, HAROLD D.
002-69		 AUA
SAXIFRAGA VIRGINIENSIS MICHX.
UWAL0004043 Blount 28 Mar 1981 Kral, Robert
66758		 UWAL
Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small
AUA_ACC_45209 Blount 27 Mar 1987 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
3073		 AUA
SAXIFRAGA VIRGINIENSIS MICHX.
UNA00053693 Blount 14 Mar 1997 Keener, Brian R.
15		 UNA
Saxifraga virginiensis Michx.
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