Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Telesonix jamesii (Torr.) Raf. Fl. Tell. 2 : 69. 1836
Saxifraga Jamesii Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2 : 204. 1827. Saxifraga Jamesiana Engler, Monogr. Saxifr. 109. 1872. Boy kinia Jamesii Engler ; E& P. Nat. Pfl. 3-^« : 51. 1890. Therof on Jamesii Wheelock, Bull. Torrey Club 23 : 70. 1896.
Cespitose, with very thick caudex ; stems usually less than 1 dm. high, but rarely 2 dm. high, glandularpubescent as well as the whole plant ; basal leaves long-petioled ; blades round-reniform, deeply and doubly crenate, 2-3.5 cm. wide; lower stem-leaves similar, but with shorter petioles ; upper ones flabellate-cun eate with winged petioles or subsessile ; hypanthium turbinate-campanulate, without the sepals 8 mm. long ; sepals ovatelanceolate, 4-5 mm. long; petals reddish-purple, about twice as long as the sepals, longclawed, the blades orbicular ; styles united to near the top.
Type locality : On the Rockj Mountains (Colorado). Distribution: Among rocks in alpine regions 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
