Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Telesonix heucheriformis Rydb
Saxifraga Jam.esii "Kodk.. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 247. 1832. 'i^ot S . Jatnesii Torr . Therofon heucheriforme Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 24 : 247. 1897.
Cespitose perennial, closely resembling the preceding in habit, but usually taller, 1-2 dm. high ; hypanthium usually smaller, 6-7 mm. long, more hirsute ; petals dark-violet, with shorter claw, scarcely exceeding the sepals, the blades narrower, obovate-spatulate ; upper half of styles distinct.
Type locality : Bridger Mountains, Montana.
Distribution : Rocky mountain sides, from Alberta and British Columbia to the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
