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Chrysosplenium americanum
Add to the illustrations: Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. ed. 2. /. 2185; G. T. Stevens, 111. Guide pi. 59, f. 9.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1918. ROSACEAE (conclusio). North American flora. vol 22(6). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Comprehensive Description
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Chrysosplenium americanum Schweinitz ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am
1: 242. 1832.
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Walt. Fl. Car. 140. 1788. Not C. opposiiifolium ly. 1753.
Perennial with a slender stoloniferous rootstock ; stems decumbent, forked above, glabrous or nearly so, 7-20 cm. long ; lower leaves opposite, the uppermost alternate ; petioles in all short ; blades broadly ovate, orbicular or somewhat reniform, truncate or obtuse at the base, 4-20 mm. wide ; flowers sessile, usually solitary in the axils of the leaves ; sepals yellowish or purplish within ; stamens usually 8.
Type locality : Canada.
Distribution : In wet shaded places, Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, south to Georgia and Minnesota.
- 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
Chrysosplenium americanum: Brief Summary
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Chrysosplenium americanum, the American golden saxifrage, is a species of golden saxifrage native to eastern North America.
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