Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptasea fimbriata (D. Don) Small
Saxifraga fimbriata D. Don, Trans. I^inn. Soc. 13: 404. 1822. t Saxifraga Eschscholtzii Sternb. Rev. Saxifr. Suppl. 1 : 9. 1822.
Leaves of the caudices 1.5-2 mm. long, densely imbricated, the blades obovate, often silvery-margined and conspicuously silvery-ciliate ; flower-stalks 0.5-1 cm. long, leafless; sepals ovate or semiorbicular, 1-1.5 mm. long, ciliate at the apex, reflexed ; petals wanting; filaments subulate ; follicles 2-2.5 mm. long, the style-beaks about 0.5 mm. long.
Type locality : Cape Newnham, northwestern North America.
Distribution : On rocks and in rocky soil, coast of western North America and adjacent
- 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
