Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptasea chrysantha (A. Gray) Small
Saxifraga Hirculus A. Gray, Am. Jour. Sci. II. 33: 409. 1862. Not ^. Hirculus L,. Saxifraga serpyllifolia A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6 : 62. 1863. Not S. serpyllifolia Pursh. Saxifraga chrysantha A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 11 : 83. 1877.
Leaves of the caudices similar to those of L. serpyllifolia ; flower-stalks 2-5.5 cm. tall, sparingly glandular-pubescent or almost glabrous, bearing few essentially glabrous leaves; sepals ovate or oblong-ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, somewhat glandular-ciliate, obtuse; petals golden-yellow, 6-7 mm. long, the oval or broadly obovate blades abruptly contracted into broad claws, truncate or subcordate at the base ; filaments subulate.
Type locality : Rocky Mountains. Distribution : High mountains of Colorado.
- 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
